1996-01-16 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 Sender: Henry Huang <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cr> On responses to CDA Continuing the current thread on the legal implications of the CDA … There’s a nice article in the current edition of the GNN Web Review, on the implications of civil lawsuits on Net speech. The … Read more…

1996-01-16 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 >From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Dole on Spectrum Give-Away, Please Explain On 12 Jan 96 at 9:53, William J. Drake wrote: > > > STATEMENT OF SENATOR ROBERT DOLE ON THE > > BROADCAST SPECTRUM AS A NATIONAL … Read more…

1996-01-15 Henry Huang In an attempt to impose some sort of logic on the directory structure, I’ve changed the name of the directory where the Cyber-Rights Library is located. >>From now on, you should use these URL’s to access it: ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ The old URL’s will still work, but officially these are the ones I’m … Read more…

1996-01-15 Craig A. Johnson The following is a sample letter, drafted by Marty Tennant, which you may want to send to your legislators, particularly the telecom conference committee members, addressing the ambush of Net providers, users, and small businesses by the draft bill’s language on access and interconnection. -caj ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 … Read more…

1996-01-15 Craig A. Johnson Marty Tennant sent me the following note acknowledging my posting of his message to Cyber Rights and another list posting. He is absolutely correct. Traditionally, the FCC has not regulated “enhanced” or information services. It is now being asked to do so by the bill language in the draft conference report. … Read more…

1996-01-15 Craig A. Johnson Marty Tennant deserves our appreciation for publicizing these atrocious clauses in the bill before it is all wrapped up in a black bow to send to Clinton to sign. The only “public interest organization” that I know of that has been active in trying to keep language in the bill to … Read more…

1996-01-15 Richard Moore Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996From: Voters Telecommunications Watch <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: (VTW) BillWatch #32 Sender: •••@••.••• Precedence: bulk Reply-To: •••@••.••• =========================================================================== VTW BillWatch #32 VTW BillWatch: A weekly newsletter tracking US Federal legislation affecting civil liberties. BillWatch is published at the end of every week as long as Congress is in … Read more…

1996-01-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 Sender: “Andrew R. Mark” <•••@••.•••> Subject: re: Is CDA constitutional? While the language of the CDA can, no doubt, be considered at variance with various constitutional percepts, the underlying motivation must be considered valid and constituional, regardless of its impact on the medium. We live in … Read more…

1996-01-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 Sender: David Cloutman <•••@••.•••> Subject: Hate Online (fwd) After reading about the Wiesenthal Centers recent campaign, calling for the censorship of hate groups by ISPs, I visited their sight and left some commentary. I think the basic mission of this group is good, but their tactics … Read more…

1996-01-13 Henry Huang The following files have been added to the Cyber-Rights library: — The ACLU Alert with the statement on Wiesenthal has been filed as: “Re-Legislation/ACLU-Alert-960113” — The Privacy International announcement of the Big Brother Paper has been filed as: “Announcements/PI-Announce-Big-Brother-Paper” — A GovAccess essay on online presidental debates has also been added. It … Read more…