1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: Solidarity with compuserved Germans I received the enclosed from Franz Wegener, who is one of a few Germans fighting the Compuserve nonsense — very imaginatively, I might add. He would like some international solidarity, so could people fax him, preferably on … Read more…

1996-01-10 Craig A. Johnson Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:48:28 EST From: “W. Curtiss Priest” <•••@••.•••> Subject: IRS, FBI EYE INTERNET WITH SUSPICION (from Edupage) (Reposted from Telecom Policy Roundtable-Northeast) IRS, FBI EYE INTERNET WITH SUSPICION The Clinton administration’s reluctance to ease up on export controls for encryption software stems in part from pressure from … Read more…

1996-01-10 Craig A. Johnson This is an excerpt sent to me by Farber posted under the “fair use” doctrine, and lightly re-edited. –caj ================================================= ——- Forwarded Message Follows ——- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 14:18:28 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: Stokey Il yet again Internet ban on hate groups’ messages is urged BY … Read more…

1996-01-10 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 ~–<snip>–~ I am attaching below an announcement for an event to be held here next week, put on by the DC-Internet Society and CPSR, etc. You will note Audrie Krause will be here representing CPSR. You may not have noticed but … Read more…

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Newt on net-citizenship (was Re: cr#1287> views re: politics of Newt spoke: >[snip] With citizenship comes responsibility. Therefore, some >industry involvement in developing and enforcing its own rules and ^^^^^^^^ >policies on Internet content makes more sense to me than waiting … Read more…

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Sender: Erik Loverde <•••@••.•••> Subject: Cyber-Rights Feedback I am 18 years old and I am glad that you guys are fighting for the cyber-rights of all the web users across the world. I am new to the WWW and I become increasingly interested in it every … Read more…

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cr#1289> (:>) Compuserve Caves In Again I do not know much about compuserv, but the recent restrictive actions they have taken, seems to indicate that they are hopeful of becoming the online server for corporate clients. This would explain their eagerness to … Read more…

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Since Elmer-DeWitt posted this on com-priv, I see no problem with posting it on cyber rights. Craig ——- Forwarded Message Follows ——- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 06:48:50 -0500 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Philip Elmer-DeWitt) Subject: From TIME: John Perry Barlow … Read more…

1996-01-07 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (David S. Bennahum) Subject: Internet and U.S. cultural elite. There are several reasons why the Internet censorship proposals moved through the Congress with lopsidedly favorable votes. I want to address just one of these. Looking back at the outcome (barring a Clinton veto), I … Read more…

1996-01-07 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: India and the GII Announcing a new mailing list, India-GII, which looks at the road that India is taking towards a Global Information Infrastructure (or Highway), the opportunities that this presents, and the problems along the way. Specifically, what we hope … Read more…