Sender: •••@••.••• (Jerome Thorel) Yes, I saw a WSJ article about this High-Tech alliance : >HIGH-TECH ALLIANCE AGAINST PORN >A group of high-tech companies, including IBM, Microsoft, AT&T, MCI, America >Online, Netscape Communications, Time Warner and Viacom, is forming an >alliance to fight cyberporn. The group will be coordinated by the >Massachusetts Institute of Technology's World Wide Web Consortium, which >will act as an "umbrella organization to prevent industry infighting," says >one executive. "It's aimed at creating a standard that all the software >companies can develop for." A separate project involving Microsoft, >Netscape, SurfWatch Software and Progressive Networks will be folded into >the new effort. (Wall Street Journal 8 Sep 95 A3) >[cr-95/9/13] > >Sender: •••@••.••• (Charlayne Beavers) > >Did anyone else hear about Microsoft and others (IBM and maybe apple as >well as other software companies) teaming up to look into creating some >sort of policing effort for the web and other internet services? Does >anyone else have more details. It was a quick sound bite on CNN Headline >news a couple of days ago. > >Laney Jerome Thorel -------------------------------------- Journaliste / Free-lance reporter Avec l'aide du Carte de presse / ID Presscard: 72052 Conservatoire National 76 r Ph. de Girard F-75018 Paris des Arts et Metiers tel 331-40358010, fax-40370853 <http://web.cnam.fr> ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by -- Andrew Oram -- •••@••.••• -- Cambridge, Mass., USA Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) World Wide Web: http://jasper.ora.com/andyo/cyber-rights/cyber-rights.html http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~hwh6k/public/cyber-rights.html FTP: ftp://jasper.ora.com/pub/andyo/cyber-rights You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages and online materials, pursuant to any contained copyright & redistribution restrictions. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
