1996-02-06 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 From: Joe Shea <•••@••.•••> Subject: D-Day’s Thursday The White House has called and told (for planning purposes) that the bill will be signed Thursday, while both 24 Hours In Cyberspace and CNN are here. We will hold the Thursday edition until the dirty deed is done, … Read more…

1996-02-05 Craig A. Johnson This is another example of the crazy-quilt, Catch-22 world our legislators have created for us. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 13:51:03 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: — Telecom bill outlaws Supreme Court decisions To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) Date: 2 Feb 1996 08:56:57 -0800 From: •••@••.••• (Carl … Read more…

1996-02-05 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marty Tennant) Subject: Small Business and Telecom Law Now that the RBOC’s have had their way before Congress, small businesses must make up for our lack of political organization and use the law to our best advantage, while we work to see that it … Read more…

1996-02-05 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> Subject: Guardian re: US Telecommunications Bill The Guardian didn’t even carry this as a news item, but somebody in editorial saw its importance, which is more than most of the US press seem to have managed. John ###################################### The [London] Guardian February … Read more…

1996-02-05 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Anthony E. Wright) To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Invite to Media and Democracy Congress Dear Telecommunications Roundtable participant: Please join the Center for Media Education and other nonprofits at the upcoming Media & Democracy Congress. It will take place in San Francisco, … Read more…

1996-02-05 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Regulation – is it even technically feasible? While the issues of cyber-rights are critical to all of us, a question has persisted in my mind on this topic of regulation. Given the almost borderless nature of the internet, how will regulation be technically … Read more…

1996-02-05 Arun Mehta > Arun Mehta wrote: > [snip] > >My advocacy of satellite broadcasting of Usenet was not to suggest > >”private” Usenet, rather a means to make it more public. Those that > >not have access to all of Usenet today, and most don’t, should be a > >get it cheap. Cable modems … Read more…

1996-02-05 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 12:38:46 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: “Nations see Internet..” To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) From: Mike Ang <•••@••.•••> “Nations see Internet as threat to security” made the front page of the Saturday _Globe and Mail_. There are some really nice lines in the … Read more…

1996-02-04 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 19:10:52 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: Computer Law Observer — for the non-lawyer. [not endorsing the legal opinions djf] To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) Date: 29 Jan 1996 18:01:16 -0500 From: •••@••.••• Subject: The Computer Law Observer #16 ===================================== GENERAL INFO: The Computer … Read more…

1996-02-04 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:50:29 -0600 From: Donna Hoffman <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Net is Mainstream and Votes! _________________________________________________________________ Cyberspace to Congress: The Net is Mainstream — and it Votes! By Professor Donna L. Hoffman You would think from the way that Congress is rushing to censor “indecency” on … Read more…