1995-10-06 Sender: Bill W Smith Jr <•••@••.•••> > > Sender: Nick Coffey <•••@••.•••> > > I would like to organize some advocacy for the position that > we should all boycott software manufacturers that prosecute > copyright violations and license breach of contracts. > > The basic position is that the software provider should provide … Read more…

1995-10-06 Introduction by moderator: I am including the long post below because every topic in it applies to a discussion we’ve had on this list. I’m not going to post the updates regularly, though–I encourage readers to subscribe for themselves, as described at the end of the post. You can extrapolate from the discussion on … Read more…

1995-10-04 Sender: •••@••.••• (Sandra Bernstein) Cyber Rights don’t include the right to steal. Are you saying it’s all right to steal a television set because you’re unlikely to take advantage of the manufacturer’s warranty? If you do intellectual work for a living, are you saying your employer no longer has to pay you, provided the … Read more…

1995-10-03 I am writing this as an individual contributor to the list, not as moderator. U.S. censorship on the Net is looking like more and more of a possibility–and it will set the tone for the rest of the world. Every member of the Senate committee working on the telecom bill has voted for Exon’s … Read more…

1995-10-03 Introduction from moderator: Two books have recently been published about the social and political implications of the information infrastructure. I reviewed the first one and think it’s excellent. I don’t know anything about the second. Andy @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CIVILIZING CYBERSPACE: Policy, Power, and the Information Superhighway By Steven E. Miller Addison-Wesley, Nov. 1995 The Information … Read more…

1995-10-03 Operational note from moderator: The site that maintains this list had some disk problem recently. I didn’t receive any messages from anyone this morning (Monday, Oct. 2 in the U.S.), which has never happened before. My guess, therefore, is that some of you sent mail yesterday (Sunday) and it got lost. If you sent … Read more…

1995-10-02 Sender: Tim Scanlon <•••@••.•••> What follows are in depth, serious directions on how to be totaly sure your data is cleaned off of your system if you are making the choice to wipe the data out. The standards I describe deal with the state of the art, and adeqate precautions under all circumstances. I … Read more…

1995-10-02 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) Please repost as appropriate ============================ Announcing: The first evening meeting of the Palo Alto Community Network Topic: CREATING DEMOCRACY A Plan for Palo Alto’s Electronic Communities Speaker: Marilyn Davis, Ph.D. Palo Alto Resident and Developer of eVote When: OCTOBER 10 — Tuesday, 7:30 pm Where: Palo Alto Cultural Center Auditorium … Read more…

1995-10-02 Sender: “Simon G. Trask” <•••@••.•••> New domain name registrants pay $100 upfront to cover two years’ maintenance at $50 per year; after that, billing is on a yearly basis. Existing domain name holders pay annually from the outset. Further information on the background and procedures re charging is available at the following URLs: http://rs.internic.net/nsf/fee-narrative.html … Read more…

1995-10-02 Pointer from moderator: Jerome Thorel informs me that the Council of Europe recommendations about surveillance and encryption are at: http://www.privacy.org/pi/intl_orgs/coe/info_tech_1995.html If you don’t have Web access and would like to read this important document, email me for it. Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by — Andrew Oram — •••@••.••• — Cambridge, Mass., USA Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) … Read more…