2/n: Cyberspace Inc and the Robber Baron Age [cr-95/11/24]

1995-11-24 Richard Moore Here’s the second installment. Sorry for about the bad line breaks in installment one. Cheers, Richard @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ INSTALLMENT 2/N @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ******************************** This article may be posted in entirety for non-commercial use. ******************************** To appear in: INFORMATION SOCIETY, Vol 12(2) Edited by: Mark Poster <•••@••.•••> See WWW: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kling/tis.html ******************************** Cyberspace Inc and the … Read more…

Re: Universal access to email explored [cr-95/11/22]

1995-11-23 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> >On November 21, RAND, a nonprofit policy research and analysis organization, >released a report called Universal Access to E-Mail: Feasibility and >Societal Implications. The report includes the following policy >recommendations: > >* that the United States address the ever-widening gaps in access to > e-mail. >* that we develop simple … Read more…

Censorship [cr-95/11/23]

1995-11-23 Sender: “Haspel” <•••@••.•••> We are four seniors at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria Virginia. As part of our AP Journalism class, we are creating a web site with information dealing with the first amendment issue of censorship on the Internet. We would appreciate your taking a few minutes … Read more…

Re: Bill Gate’s book [cr-95/11/21]

1995-11-23 Sender: “kenneth yang” <•••@••.•••> > hi I know of an excellant book which I will use if my course proposal to > the law schools in Boston is accepted. It is Thorne,Huber and Kellogg’s > BROADBAND LAW. I’m curoius to hear more about your course. please respond. > > julia -=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Julia, thanks so … Read more…

ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update — 11/22/95 [cr-95/11/23]

1995-11-23 (Note from moderator: I don’t usually like posting newsletters to this group–instead, I encourage everybody to subscribe individually, which the directions at the end tell you how to do–but the ACLU newsletter is so often chock full of relevant news and analysis that I can’t resist.–Andy) Sender: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 22 Nov … Read more…

1/n: Cyberspace Inc and the Robber Baron Age [cr-95/11/23]

1995-11-23 Richard Moore Dear Cyber-Righters, Some of you may remember an article called “Magna Carta Analyzed”, which contributed to the formation of the cyber-rights list. At the request of the Information Society, I’ve rewritten it for their publication. Since it deals with many of the core issues discussed on this list, I’ll post the article … Read more…

New location for Web page [cr-95/11/22]

1995-11-22 Note from moderator: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility just gave us a new, more official site for the Cyber Rights Web and ftp files. The old links you may have to Henry Huang’s system or mine still work. But if you tell other people about the site, please give them this URL for the … Read more…

Universal access to email explored [cr-95/11/22]

1995-11-22 (Pointer from moderator: I found this notice on the telecomreg mailing list. The report can be read on the Web at http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR650/–Andy) On November 21 RAND, a nonprofit policy research and analysis organization, released a report called Universal Access to E-Mail: Feasibility and Societal Implications. The report includes the following policy recommendations: * that … Read more…

CA Voter Poll [cr-95/11/22]

1995-11-22 Sender: Kim Alexander <•••@••.•••> To: “ELECnet” <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:38:44 -0800 (PST) Reply-to: •••@••.••• Dear Friends, Below is a press release on a state poll we recently conducted – please feel free to repost and redistribute. Enjoy! Kim Alexander * * * * * * * * * * * * … Read more…