1995-10-26 Sender: •••@••.••• (joe donnelly) how about sending the original, uncensored message, labelled as “Uncensored”, followed by your altered version? Readers can select the one which satisfies their preferences/prejudices. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: •••@••.••• Steve, In a message dated 95-10-25 19:15:50 EDT, you write: >Any seconds? The seconds are ticking away…in fact, some have already ticked off … Read more…

1995-10-26 Sender: “W. Curtiss Priest” <•••@••.•••> October 20, 1995 CITS Observations on attached article: Dr. W. Curtiss Priest This upcoming program reveals a facet to the information highway that sounds Orwellian — subscribers to Prodigy, AOL, etc. are having their “every move” recorded. The reason? To better sell to you. Indeed, retailers want to move … Read more…

1995-10-26 Pointer from moderator: A conference titled “Cooperative Strategies and Solutions: Growing a National Info-Structure” will be held in Alexandria, Virginia on November 5-7. Contact Randi Botnick (•••@••.••• or 212-967-2843) at the Center for Strategic Communications. A web page is at: http://cdinet.com/tcn Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram – •••@••.••• – Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) You … Read more…

1995-10-26 Sender: Ann Beeson <•••@••.•••> —————————————————————– October 25, 1995 ACLU CYBER-LIBERTIES UPDATE A bi-weekly e-zine on cyber-liberties cases and controversies at the state and federal level. —————————————————————– IN THIS ISSUE: * Universities Censor Student Internet Use * Conferees Named for Federal Online Indecency Legislation * Search for Plaintiffs Continues in Suit to Challenge Online Indecency … Read more…

1995-10-25 The issue of hate speech has gotten people more incensed than anything else on this list. Different forums have different mores, so I’ll go along with the desires of the readers and not cut words on this list any more. But along with complaints (and occasional support for my action) people have made some … Read more…

1995-10-25 The Alliance for Public Technology (APT) is pleased to invite you to attend our one-day Boston/Northeast Regional Meeting which is described below. There is no charge to attend. Reserve your seat early by returning the completed registration form. Hope to see you there! Take care, Ruth Ruth Holder Alliance for Public Technology (APT) | … Read more…

1995-10-24 Subject: Euro-Encryption / Re: Summary and looking ahead [cr-95/10/19] Andy wrote: > How do we answer the Council of Europe’s proposal to outlaw PGP > and similar forms of encryption that protect private > communications from the eyes of governments? Can we start a > campaign in European countries to preserve the right of … Read more…

1995-10-24 (Forwarded from the telecomreg mailing list–Andy.) I wrote the following brief review to be submitted to a daily here in Seattle. Unfortunately, the book was not as new as I had thought (it was released in August). Perhaps it may be of value to someone here…. Brennon M. Martin School of Communications, Box 353740 … Read more…

1995-10-24 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> CR> So much for Kurt’s cyber-rights – partially down the drain thanks CR> to Andy. Reading the responses to Andy’s clean-up of Kurt’s language, I would like to suggest that more than “Kurt’s cyber-rights”, what went down the drain was some politeness? OK, maybe what Andy did wasn’t such a … Read more…

1995-10-24 Pointers from moderator: In September, the Clinton Administration released a long report title “Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure.” As I reported here, it generated a lot of controversy for being slanted toward publishers’ needs and away from the needs of users, teachers, etc. Now an online journal called the Computer Law Report … Read more…