1995-11-07 Sender: Jack Decker <•••@••.•••> If any of your readers are in Michigan, you might want to visit the Michigan Telecommunications Act rewrite page at either of the following URL’s: http://www.novagate.com/~jack/mta.html http://www.rust.net/~jack/mta.html This page is a great example of what you get when the phone companies are allowed to craft the legislation they want. This … Read more…

1995-11-07 Introduction from moderator: You may remember the Clinton administration’s White Paper on copyright, which I have mentioned on this list and which has engendered a lot of controversy because it promotes the interests of copyright holders over users. A twist that I haven’t seen before is discussed in the Computer Law Report #13, published … Read more…

1995-11-07 Sender: Dov Wisebrod <•••@••.•••> > BOULDER, COLORADO, November 1, 1995. The 90’s Channel—-this >country’s only full-time progressive cable television network—was >forced off the air at midnight last night on seven cable systems >operated by Tele-Communications, Inc. due to a massive rate increase. >The channel was faced with the choice of paying TCI almost $250,000 … Read more…

1995-11-07 Sender: Bob Turner <•••@••.•••> You wrote that you hoped someone had the good will to write freeware Go to: http://www.xmission.com/~seer/jdksoftware/ There you will find an excellent filter called The Internet Filter Version 0 It’s yours.. free Best Regards ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram – •••@••.••• – Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) You are encouraged to forward … Read more…

1995-11-07 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) Mark Stahlman said: > Sorry, but it could get a whole lot worse. In fact, in this place at this > time, a dramatically worse fate for us all is virtually inevitable under > hyper-democracy. Therefore, reasonable men and women have no choice but to > oppose hyper-democracy with all … Read more…

1995-11-07 Sender: •••@••.••• (Shabbir J. Safdar, VTW) Re: Organizations Needed to Sign Letter Against Online Indecency Legislation [cr-95/11/03] Of course that is what I meant. I found the typo after I blew out the alert to the entire world. Of course, that’s the beauty of the net. You can embarass yourself in front of millions … Read more…

1995-11-06 Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> This certainly graphically makes the point about monopolistic control. TCI management is known to be a little to the right of Attila the Hun anyway, but this is abhorrent. Though it is evidence of the dangers of excessive concentration, it does not ipso facto mean that all media companies … Read more…

1995-11-06 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Jaeger aka PI) Hi! An new mailing list was currently established: iltf, the Internet Law Task Force (in reference to the internet engineering task force) The listserv may be joined by sending “subscribe” to •••@••.•••. So short, PI — PI at the User Help Desk Comp.Center U of Stuttgart, FRG 25 … Read more…

1995-11-06 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Jaeger aka PI) Hi! To increase the already unbearable internet hype, the german foreign affairs ministry is now somewhat on-line at www.auswaertiges-amt.government.de Check the whois record at whois-host whois.nic.de to find out who is guilty of this incredible stupid domain name registration. German federal ministries should use bund.de, which is still … Read more…

1995-11-06 Sender: •••@••.••• In a message dated 95-11-03 17:08:33 EST, you write: >Sorry, but it could get a whole lot worse. In fact, in this place at this >time, a dramatically worse fate for us all is virtually inevitable under >hyper-democracy. Therefore, reasonable men and women have no choice but to >oppose hyper-democracy with all … Read more…