1996-01-24 Craig A. Johnson There has been some confusion expressed regarding the stance I took in my AR piece on FCC regulation. Let me clarify. First, it is abhorrent that the FCC should have any role in regulating the Net with regard to content. But, its role is minimal. It can “describe” the “good-faith actions” … Read more…

1996-01-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marty Tennant) Subject: Election Year Politics and Telecom Reform To All Opponents of the Telecom Bill: I’ve just become aware of the potential for some good old fashioned political game playing with the Telecom Bill. Turns out that a midwest Senator pushing the Telecom … Read more…

1996-01-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 Sender: CjBLacK <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: QUESTION of open net survival >I think there is consensus that reform is needed in the Telecommunications Act of 1934, >but at what price? Excellent question! But take note, the name is not the Telecommunications Act of 1934, it is just … Read more…

1996-01-24 Henry Huang The following file has been added to the Cyber-Rights Library: — A nice article on CompuServe’s newsgroup removal and other recent events has been filed as: “Net-Suppression/SJMercury-On-Compuserve-Censorship” Here’s a (heavily edited) excerpt: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ COMPUSERVE STIRS DEBATE OF CENSORSHIP By HOWARD BRYANT Mercury News Staff Writer WHEN Compuserve Inc. agreed recently to block … Read more…

1996-01-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 Sender: “David E. Anderson” <•••@••.•••> Subject: ATT buys 2.5% of DirecTV AT&T TO ACQUIRE STAKE IN SATELLITE TV COMPANY AT&T is investing $137.5 million in Hughes DirecTV, giving it a 2.5% stake in the direct broadcasting service. The arrangement will allow AT&T to offer customers TV … Read more…

1996-01-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 Sender: Korac <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cr> A QUESTION: will the open net survive? On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Richard K. Moore wrote: > > The question: Will open, Internet-style communications survive > the commercialization of cyberspace? I would hope that free exchange of information would always … Read more…

1996-01-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: Gary Weston <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 ~–<snip>–~ I have no direct involvement with telecom politics with the exception that as a card carrying member of the ACLU, I’m very much concerned with the loss of our various and sundry rights, not the least … Read more…

1996-01-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Allan Bradley) Subject: Re: cr> …building a parallel isochronous Internet Richard Moore wrote: > I’d welcome _a bit_ of techhie talk on the list about the likely >new net architectures, and how Internet might co-exist or inter-operate >with them — just so we can … Read more…

1996-01-23 Craig A. Johnson Jamie Love of CPT has issued the clarification below on the DBS auction to be held tomorrow. Directly following it is a reply to Jamie by Richard Layman who says that in his view Primestar is “akin to DBS,” and concludes: “Cross-ownership rules comparable to how newspapers cannot own television or … Read more…

1996-01-23 Craig A. Johnson “No matter how you look at the facts, Tele-communications Inc (TCI) should not be allowed to acquire a new DBS license,” the Consumer Project on Technology (CPT) says in its comments to the FCC on cross-ownership rules for direct broadcast satellite services. We keep hearing from George Gilder and the Congressional … Read more…