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Computer underground Digest Sun Aug 25, 1996 Volume 8 : Issue 62
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editor: Jim Thomas (cudigest@sun.soci.niu.edu)
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News Editor: Gordon Meyer (gmeyer@sun.soci.niu.edu)
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Shadow Master: Stanton McCandlish
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Field Agent Extraordinaire: David Smith
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Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth
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Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
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Ian Dickinson
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Cu Digest Homepage: http://www.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest
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CONTENTS, #8.62 (Sun, Aug 25, 1996)
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File 1--School Hires Student to Hack into Computers
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File 2--U.S. Army computer specialist faces spying charges
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File 3--Klemesrud settles Scientology copyright lawsuit for $50,000
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File 4--Warning from Family Circle Magazine (fwd)
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File 5--Anon.penet forced to reveal names
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File 6--ACLU Responds to Princeton "Clarification" of Internet Censorship
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File 7--London police provide list of Usenet newsgroups to ban
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File 8--Cu Digest Header Info (unchanged since 7 Apr, 1996)
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CuD ADMINISTRATIVE, EDITORIAL, AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ApPEARS IN
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THE CONCLUDING FILE AT THE END OF EACH ISSUE.
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 22:17:12 -0500
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From: Frosty <sotmesc@DATASYNC.COM>
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Subject: File 1--School Hires Student to Hack into Computers
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C Y B E R - S P A C E P R O J E C T Email List / Instructions at the end
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SCHOOL HIRES STUDENT TO HACK INTO COMPUTERS
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The Sun Herald
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22 August 1996
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Palisades Park, NJ - When in trouble, call an expert.
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Students at Palisades Park's high school needed their
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transcripts to send off to colleges. But they were in the computer
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and no one who knew the password could be reached. So the school
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hired a 16-year-old hacker to break in.
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"They found this student who apparently was a whiz, and,
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apparently, was able to go in and unlock the password," School Board
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attorney Joseph R. Mariniello said.
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Superintendent George Fasciano was forced to explain to the
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School Board on Monday the $875 bill for the services of Matthew
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Fielder.
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:35:53 -0500
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Subject: File 2--U.S. Army computer specialist faces spying charges
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Whether or not the espionage charges are true, my first take is this
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reinforces the claim that we can't trust the government with our most
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intimate secrets. If it's even possible that a 20-year old kid might have
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"broken into a supposedly impenetrable" military system, any key-escrow
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infrastructure the Feds set up will be similarly vulnerable.
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-Declan
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Date-- Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13--11--28 -0400
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From-- "Thomas C. Allard" <m1tca00@FRB.GOV>
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source-- http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/960821/news/stories/spy_1.html
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U.S. Army Private Faces Spying Charges
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WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The U.S. Army said Wednesday it had charged a
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20-year-old computer specialist with espionage and computer crimes in a
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case that the soldier's parents said involved a Chinese national.
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Pfc. Eric Jenott of the 50th Signal Battalion at Fort Bragg, North
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Carolina, was formally charged June 28 and is in a Marine Corps jail in
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Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, awaiting court-martial, the army said.
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"The case involves classified information and matters pertaining to
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national security," a three-paragraph statement from Fort Bragg, home
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of the Army's 18th Airborne Corps, said. It said many of the case's
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details were too sensitive to disclose.
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Jenott has been charged with giving "secret computer passwords relating
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to the national defense" to a Mr. Lee, "a citizen of a foreign
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nation," his lawyer said, reading from the charge sheet. He also faces
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charges of destruction of government property and larceny.
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The charge sheet alleged Jenott disclosed the passwords between April
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and June "with the intent or reason to believe it would be used to the
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injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation."
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It said the passwords "directly concerned communications
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intelligence," among the most closely guarded U.S. secrets.
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Jenott is facing a general court-martial, the most serious kind, and
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a possible life sentence if convicted, his lawyer, Timothy Dunn, of
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, said in a telephone interview.
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He said his client was "not a criminal" but had broken into a
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supposedly impenetrable system after advising his superiors of defects
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in the security system. Dunn declined to discuss the system because
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of what he called the case's sensitive nature and national security
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implications.
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John Jenott said his son, a fluent Chinese speaker whom he described as
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a "computer genius" with a longstanding interest in China, had given a
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young Chinese friend what the son described as an unclassified computer
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code.
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He said his son knew the person to whom he gave the code from one
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of several trips he had made to China. His son, "not your average
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kid-out-on-a-skateboard-type guy," could read and write Chinese and
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lived with a Chinese family in Vancouver, Canada, for about a year when
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he was in high school, the father added.
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He said his son told him that before giving away the code, he had
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been trying to show his superiors a security flaw in a sensitive
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communication system and eventually demonstrated he could get secret
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data without authorization.
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"He was trying to say we have a weakness," John Jenott said in a
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telephone interview from his home in Graham, Washington. "This stuff
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about being a spy -- it's ridiculous." His stepmother, Kelly Jenott,
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said, "They're blowing this way out of proportion."
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His father said an Army major at Fort Bragg, whom he declined to name,
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had urged him to persuade his son to sign a confession, so prosecutors
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would not seek the death penalty.
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Jenott said his son had told him, "Dad, I'd rather die than sign
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that."
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"He said it's not true. He said, 'I'm not a spy. I didn't commit
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espionage. And I'm not going to sign something that says I did,"'
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Jenott said.
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 17:31:29 -0500
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Subject: File 3--Klemesrud settles Scientology copyright lawsuit for $50,000
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Newsgroups--alt.religion.scientology
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From--tom.klemesrud@support.com
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Date--Thu, 22 Aug 96 11:56:16 -0700
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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8/22/96 -- The holders of copyrights to material authored by
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L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the controversial Church of Scientology,
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have agreed to dismiss the operator of a Los Angeles-based computer
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bulletin board service as a defendant from a lawsuit alleging
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copyright infringement over the internet.
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Early last year, Religious Technology Center (RTC) and Bridge
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Publications sued Tom Klemesrud, the operator of the service, along
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with his subscriber, Dennis Erlich, and Netcom On-Line
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Communication Services, Klemesrud's internet service provider.
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Netcom settled out earlier this month. The lawsuit, which
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continues to proceed against Erlich, an ex-Scientologist, alleges
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that Erlich infringed copyrights by posting material written by
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Hubbard to a Usenet newsgroup known as "alt.religion.scientology."
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The internet newsgroup has become widely known for its impassioned
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postings by both proponents and critics of Scientology.
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In a novel claim that would have tested the limits of
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liability in cyberspace, the plaintiffs had contended that
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Klemesrud and Netcom should be held legally responsible for the
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alleged acts of Erlich because he used their computer services to
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make his postings to the internet.
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Federal District Judge Ronald M. Whyte ruled in November 1995
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that Klemesrud could not be found liable for direct infringement,
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and could only be found liable for contributory copyright
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infringe-ment if there was knowledge of a BBS user's infringement.
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"This is the most important thing we have achieved in this
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litigation. It has positive ramifications for all of the
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Internet," Klemesrud said.
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The plaintiffs claimed significant economic damage resulting
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from the postings. They alleged that those who might otherwise
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have purchased Scientology materials and services were able to
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obtain them for free once Erlich posted them to the internet.
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The claims against Klemesrud were settled for $50,000, an
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amount that is to be paid by Klemesrud's insurance carrier.
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Important to Klemesrud, himself a critic of the Church of
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Scientology, is the fact that the terms of the settlement include
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no admission of liability on his part.
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"Settling this case was a business decision by my insurance
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company," Klemesrud said. "I would have liked to stay in there and
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participate in total exoneration, but I understand it would have
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been a lot more expensive to take this case all the way through
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trial rather than to pay this token amount now, and be happy with
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the positive results we've achieved."
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##
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For further information call Tom Klemesrud at (818) 985-1750.
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From: Stanton McCandlish <mech@EFF.ORG
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Subject: File 4--Warning from Family Circle Magazine (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 12:16:18 -0700 (PDT)
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Date--Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:58:02 -0400
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To--Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu
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From--Timothy Barmann <tim@cybertalk.com
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Subject--Warning from Family Circle Magazine
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Dave,
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Got this amusing/disturbing press release from
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Family Circle Magazine, apparently to promote an upcoming
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article. It reads:
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CERTAIN COMPUTER FILE LETTERS
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INDICATE PORNOGRAPHY: POLICE CHIEF
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New York -- Parents can safeguard their children against
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pornography on the internet by watching for files stored
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on a computer's hard drive or diskettes that end in the
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letters -PCX, -GIF, -GL, TIF, or -JPG, according to the
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current (September 17) issue of Family Circle.
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"Those are the graphic image files that may be pornographic,
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and parents should know what they illustrate," says Police
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Chief Alfred Olsen, who monitors online predators in
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Pennsylvania.
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(End press release).
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I'm surprise that TXT was left out, which of course is the
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format used to distribute sexually explicit words as
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well.
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 13:08:38 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Michael Shinn <mshinn@osf1.gmu.edu>
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Subject: File 5--Anon.penet forced to reveal names
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Don't know if you guys saw this already, but I just read it in a
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newsgroup.
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Today (August 22nd 1996), the city court in Helsinki ordered
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Julf Helsingius to reveal the identity of the anonymous poster
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who posted scientology scriptures to a.r.s in March.
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In its decision, the court says that anonymous server logs
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are not protected by any legislation. Therefore, the information
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needed in the police investigation must be provided to the police.
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The court also recognized the church's right to control the
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publication of the posted documents. Furthermore, the court says
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that the anonymous poster, not anyone else, is legally responsible
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for the postings.
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Julf Helsingius has 30 days to reveal the name. The decision
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cannot be appealed.
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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Today on 22nd of August the local court of first instance in
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Helsinki decided that Johan Helsingius has to reveal the email
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adress asked for by the Police Department of Helsinki. This has to
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be done within 30 days when summoned for interrogation.
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Since this is merely a part of a case, this decision can't be
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appealed. If Helsingius still refuses to reveal the info he will be
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repeatedly fined and ultimately jailed for up to six months. The
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decisions about fines and jail can be appealed, but an appeal won't
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stay the execution of the ordered fine/jail, only a judgement of the
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appeals court will. The questions about different appeals in this
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case are somewhat complex and regarding the possibility to appeal it
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was a split decision (4-1).
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The court ruled against Helsingius in this matter. During the
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hearing Helsingius argued against this view in many ways: he
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objected on constitutional grounds and on grounds relating to
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statutes regarding criminal investigation.
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This information is based mainly on message <4vi0tt$geq@idefix.eunet.fi>
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in the local Finnish newsgroup sfnet.keskustelu.laki, by Kaj Malmberg,
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the police officer in charge of the investigation of the matter where
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Scientology scriptures were posted through anon.penet.fi.
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More reports from this case will probably follow soon.
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[posted & mailed to a few individuals]
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 20:45:09 GMT
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To: fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu, roundtable@cni.org
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Subject: File 6--ACLU Responds to Princeton "Clarification" of Internet Censorship
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Policy
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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
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National Legal Department
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132 West 43rd Street
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ACLU Responds to Princeton "Clarification" of Internet Censorship Policy:
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End It, Don't Mend It
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Friday, August 23, 1996
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Contact: Ann Beeson, ACLU National, 212-944-9800, x788
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David Rocah, ACLU of New Jersey, 201-642-2086
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NEW YORK--The American Civil Liberties Union today criticized Princeton
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University's "clarification" of its policy barring faculty, students and
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staff from using the schools' computer network for "political purposes,"
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calling on the university to rescind the ban.
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The clarification memo was issued after the ACLU contacted Princeton in
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an August 15 letter, urging university officials to end its policy.
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According to the Princeton clarification, the policy was meant to prevent
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students and staff from "personal use" of the network specifically for
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"campaign activities."
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In a follow-up letter sent today to Princeton officials, the ACLU said
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the university's response "still falls short of constitutional
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requirements," and would only serve to confuse the issue further." The
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letter was signed by Ann Beeson, ACLU national staff attorney and David
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Rocah, staff attorney for the
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ACLU of New Jersey.
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"The clarification is as clear as mud," said David Rocah. "In fact, the
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only thing that's clear about Princeton's policy is that it is still
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unconstitutional." Rocah said the policy violates free speech protections
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in the New Jersey state constitution.
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In its memo, issued late yesterday, Princeton conceded that the policy
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was "overly broad," and stated that "students, faculty and staff are
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generally free to communicate their personal views on political candidates
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using e-mail and the Internet." But officials once again cited the
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university's not-for-profit status as a rationale for limiting speech,
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warning that "the IRS may deem personal use of University resources for
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campaign activities, including use of the Internet, to be political
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campaign activity by the University itself."
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That interpretation is still wrong, the ACLU countered. "As we pointed
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out in our initial letter, Internal Revenue Service rulings make clear that
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only campaigning by Princeton officials on behalf of the university could
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affect its tax-exempt status," said national staff attorney Ann Beeson.
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"Just as students have traditionally distributed political campaign
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material on the university commons, they have the right to send it through
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the Internet," Beeson added. "In fact, campaign literature is arguably the
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most fundamental type of speech in our democratic system of government.
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There is nothing more important than choosing our political leaders and
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knowing what they stand for."
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The letter urged Princeton to resolve the issue quickly as the
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presidential election approaches, and requested a meeting with Princeton
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officials to discuss the matter further. If the university refuses to drop
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its censorship policy, the ACLU said it would consider legal action.
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Note to Editors: The ACLU's August 23 letter to Princeton follows. Please
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contact our national press office at (212) 944-9800, ext. 414, for copies
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of the ACLU's original August 15 letter and copies of the Princeton policy
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memos. To access this information online, visit the ACLU's website
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<http://www.aclu.org> or America Online site (keyword: ACLU).
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TEXT OF LETTER FROM ACLU COUNSEL TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY:
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August 23, 1996
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BY FACSIMILE, E-MAIL, & REGULAR MAIL
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Howard S. Ende
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Office of General Counsel
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120 Alexander Street, 2nd Floor
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Princeton, New Jersey 08544-2086
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RE: Computer Use Policy
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Dear Mr. Ende:
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We believe the clarification you issued yesterday regarding Princeton's
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policy on use of the computer network for political purposes still falls
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short of constitutional requirements. We suggest a meeting with you and
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President Shapiro to discuss the issue further; we are both available for a
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meeting during the week of September 9 - 13.
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Specifically, the memo issued yesterday will further confuse Princeton
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students and staff regarding their political speech rights on the computer
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network, and thus will inhibit speech protected by the New Jersey State
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Constitution. The memo rightly concedes that the policy statement dated
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July 19, 1996 is "overly broad," and that "students, faculty and staff are
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generally free to communicate their person views on political candidates
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using e-mail and the internet." However, the memo goes on to state that
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"Nonetheless, we continue to ask everyone to bear in mind that the IRS may
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deem personal use of University resources for campaign activities,
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including use of the internet, to be political campaign activity by the
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University itself."
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This final sentence is inaccurate as a matter of law. As stated in our
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letter dated August 15, 1996, personal use of the network for "campaign
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activities" is constitutionally protected political speech and in no way
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threatens Princeton's tax-exempt status. See ACLU Letter to Princeton,
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8/15/96, at 2. Because Princeton provides fair and equal access to the
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computer network to all University members, and allows use of the network
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for a variety of non-political purposes, the provision of computing
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facilities to students and staff, even for campaigning activities, will not
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jeopardize the university's 501(c)(3) status. The computer network is
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analogous to the Princeton commons, where university students and staff
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have long been free to distribute and obtain campaign literature and to
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|
encourage votes for particular political candidates. The fact that this
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|
activity is taking place on the computer network makes it no less protected
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political speech. In fact, campaign literature is arguably the most
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|
fundamental type of speech in our democratic system of government. There
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|
is nothing more important in choosing our political leaders than knowing
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what they stand for.
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The recent statement is also vague and fails to notify university members
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|
clearly as to whether personal use of the network for "campaign activities"
|
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|
is a violation of university policy. In addition, the University now has
|
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|
issued at least five separate policies and statements that govern use of
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|
the computer network for political purposes: the August 22, 1996
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clarification memorandum; the July 19, 1996 memorandum on "Internet use and
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|
Policy;" the "Computer Use" guidelines at page 11 of the Rights, Rules,
|
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|
Responsibilities handbook; the "Guidelines Relating to the Tax-Exempt
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|
Status of the University and Political Activities," at pages 14-15 of the
|
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|
Rights, Rules, Responsibilities handbook; and the 1995-96 "Guidelines for
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|
use of Campus and Network Computing Resources." These conflicting policies
|
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|
and statements are sure to cause confusion among university members, which
|
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|
will inhibit students and staff from exercising their right to free speech
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|
on the computer network.
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|
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|
If you continue to believe that 501(c)(3) restrictions prevent certain
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|
political communications over computer networks, we urge you to seek an
|
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|
advisory ruling on the matter from the Internal Revenue Service. In the
|
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|
meantime, all five policies and statements must be clearly and
|
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|
unequivocally suspended, and a statement must be issued clarifying that all
|
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|
university members and groups may engage in political speech and campaign
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|
activities over the computer network so long as they do not purport to
|
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|
speak for the university itself.
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|
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|
Because we are nearing the end of an election year, it is crucial that this
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|
matter be resolved quickly in order to ensure that Princeton students and
|
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|
staff are able to exercise fully their political speech rights.
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|
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|
Thank you for your prompt response to our prior letter and your willingness
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|
to continue this important discussion.
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|
Very truly yours,
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|
Ann Beeson, Staff Attorney
|
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|
American Civil Liberties Union
|
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|
National Legal Department
|
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|
132 West 43rd Street
|
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|
New York, New York 10036
|
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|
(212) 944-9800 x788
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|
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|
David Rocah, Staff Attorney
|
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|
American Civil Liberties Union
|
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|
of New Jersey
|
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|
2 Washington Place
|
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|
Newark, NJ 07102
|
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|
(201) 642-2086
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|
cc: President Harold Shapiro
|
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------------------------------
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|
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 23:18:34 -0500
|
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|
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
|
||
|
Subject: File 7--London police provide list of Usenet newsgroups to ban
|
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|
|
||
|
Recently the London police sent a letter to U.K. Internet providers saying
|
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|
that 133 Usenet newsgroups must be banned.
|
||
|
|
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|
>From observations at <http://www.uk.vbc.net/censorship>, it's clear that:
|
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|
|
||
|
the Police regard ISPs as publishers
|
||
|
the publication of obscene materials is an offence
|
||
|
the Police expect ISPs to continuously monitor newsgroups and
|
||
|
to remove those which contain illegal materials
|
||
|
|
||
|
More ominously, the letter says "Furthermore, this list is not exhaustive
|
||
|
and we are looking to you to monitor your Newsgroups identifying and taking
|
||
|
necessary action against those others found to contain such material...
|
||
|
This list is only the starting point..." Also, the police have said they
|
||
|
have the power to arrest Internet providers and seize their equipment.
|
||
|
|
||
|
This move by the Brits is disappointing, but perhaps not surprising. I have
|
||
|
background about many more international net-censorship attempts at:
|
||
|
http://www.eff.org/~declan/global/
|
||
|
|
||
|
-Declan
|
||
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|
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|
---------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
*** COPIED FROM: >>>Usenet/alt.censorship 98310
|
||
|
....internet header cut....
|
||
|
Subject-- Re: POLICE CENSORSHIP - HERE, NOW IN THE UK
|
||
|
Date-- Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:28:38 GMT
|
||
|
|
||
|
On Wed, 14 Aug 96 17:39:54 GMT, andyc@waverider.co.uk (Andy Cowan)
|
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|
wrote:
|
||
|
|
||
|
To all subscribers:
|
||
|
|
||
|
Our upstream provider, VBCNet, has informed us that today, they, and
|
||
|
other ISPs in the UK have received a notification from the Metropolitan
|
||
|
Police to remove 134 news groups from their news servers. Therefore, we
|
||
|
are no longer being fed these groups. As many of you will have seen,
|
||
|
recently, in a thread in the waverider.support newsgroup, Wave Rider
|
||
|
Internet Plc are
|
||
|
opposed to such censorship as a matter of principle - as I know many
|
||
|
of you are.
|
||
|
|
||
|
The letter from the Met makes it clear that this is only the
|
||
|
beginning - they plan to ban whatever newsgroups they see fit over the
|
||
|
coming months.
|
||
|
|
||
|
We urge you all to protest this action - use the media, contact your
|
||
|
MPs, generate whatever protest you see fit - or the UK Internet is going
|
||
|
to be operated by the whim of the Clubs & Vice unit of the Metropolitan
|
||
|
Police.
|
||
|
|
||
|
At present, Wave Rider Internet Plc have received no such notification from
|
||
|
the police, and will therefore not be removing any groups. However, as
|
||
|
we're not being fed them anymore, that's academic - there will shortly be
|
||
|
nothing in them.
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||
|
|
||
|
I am enclosing the copy of the letter from the Met, that we have been
|
||
|
sent by VBCNet.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Andy Cowan
|
||
|
Technical Director
|
||
|
Wave Rider Internet Plc
|
||
|
|
||
|
PS: I will follow this later with my own, personal views. This is an
|
||
|
official statement.
|
||
|
|
||
|
[...]
|
||
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|
||
|
---
|
||
|
|
||
|
Date--Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:03:48 -0700 (PDT)
|
||
|
From--Dale Amon <amon@twin-peaks.gpl.net>
|
||
|
|
||
|
The CDA sickness begun in the US is now spreading into Europe. This was
|
||
|
recieved from our upstream provider in London (I am a director on
|
||
|
an ISP in Northern Ireland)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Anyone who wishes to write to the Gestapo Commandant and tell him off
|
||
|
is more than welcome.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Date--Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:33:52 +0100 (BST)
|
||
|
From--Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>
|
||
|
To: euro-customers@vbc.net
|
||
|
Subject--police censorship
|
||
|
Mime-Version: 1.0
|
||
|
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
|
||
|
|
||
|
Like other UK ISPs, VBCnet today received a demand from the Metropolitan
|
||
|
Police that some 134 news groups be deleted from our news machines.
|
||
|
The letter makes it clear that this is only the beginning, that they
|
||
|
will be banning more groups and requiring ISPs to enforce their
|
||
|
dictats. We have with great reluctance complied with their demand.
|
||
|
|
||
|
While we do not disagree that the articles in some of these groups are
|
||
|
often objectionable, we disagree in principle with this form of censorship.
|
||
|
|
||
|
We urge all of you to make it clear to your customers why these news
|
||
|
groups have been withdrawn and we urge you to contact your MPs and
|
||
|
the media about this arbitrary action by the police. If there is no
|
||
|
protest, if a precedent is established, the UK Internet is going to
|
||
|
fall under the control of the Clubs and Vice Unit at Charing Cross
|
||
|
Police Station.
|
||
|
|
||
|
VBCnet is setting up a Web page to protest this action. It should be
|
||
|
available at
|
||
|
http://www.uk.vbc.net/censorship
|
||
|
by the end of the day. We will add pointers to other protesting Web
|
||
|
pages -- well, the ones that are calm and reasonable. ;-)
|
||
|
|
||
|
--
|
||
|
Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015
|
||
|
http://www.uk.vbc.net VBCnet West +1 408 971 2682 fax +1 408 971 2684
|
||
|
|
||
|
---------- Forwarded message ----------
|
||
|
Date-- 9th August 1996
|
||
|
|
||
|
METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE
|
||
|
|
||
|
Clubs and Vice Unit
|
||
|
Charing Cross Police Station
|
||
|
Agar Street
|
||
|
London WC2N 4JP
|
||
|
|
||
|
Telephone: 0171 321 7752
|
||
|
Facsimile: 0171 321 7762
|
||
|
|
||
|
To: All Internet Service Providers
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Dear Sir / Madam
|
||
|
|
||
|
Pornographic Material on the Internet
|
||
|
|
||
|
Further to the seminar held at New Scotland Yard on 2nd August I enclose,
|
||
|
as promised by Superintendent Mike Hoskins, a list of those Newsgroups
|
||
|
which we believe contain pornographic material.
|
||
|
|
||
|
We have attempted to confirm that the Newsgroups listed currently contain
|
||
|
this offensive material but as you will be only too aware the content is
|
||
|
continually changing and you will need to satisfy yourself about the
|
||
|
nature and content before taking any action. Furthermore, this list is
|
||
|
not exhaustive and we are looking to you to monitor your Newsgroups
|
||
|
identifying and taking necessary action against those others found to
|
||
|
contain such material. As you will be aware the publication of obscene
|
||
|
articles is an offence.
|
||
|
|
||
|
This list is only the starting point and we hope, with the co-operation
|
||
|
and assistance of the industry and your trade organisations, to be moving
|
||
|
quickly towards the eradication of this type of Newsgroup from the
|
||
|
Internet. At the seminar we debated the means of maintaining an up to
|
||
|
date list and you will recall that ISPA volunteered to pool information
|
||
|
and assist in this initiative. However, we are very anxious that all
|
||
|
service providers should be taking positive action now, whether or not
|
||
|
they are members of a trade association.
|
||
|
|
||
|
We trust that with your co-operation and self regulation it will not be
|
||
|
necessary for us to move to an enforcement policy.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Yours Faithfully
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Stephen French
|
||
|
Chief Inspector
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
List
|
||
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alt.binaries.pictures.boys
|
||
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alt.binaries.pictures.child.erotica.female
|
||
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alt.binaries.pictures.child.erotica.male
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.children
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotic.children
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica child
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.child.female
|
||
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alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.child.male
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.children
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.lolita
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pre-teen
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.fuck
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.young
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.lolita.fucking
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.lolita.misc
|
||
|
alt.sex.boys
|
||
|
alt.sex.children
|
||
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alt.sex.fetish.tinygirls
|
||
|
alt.sex.girls
|
||
|
alt.sex.incest
|
||
|
alt.sex.intergen
|
||
|
alt.sex.pedophile.mike-labbe
|
||
|
alt.sex.pedophilia.
|
||
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alt.sex.pedophilia.boys
|
||
|
alt.sex.pedophilia.girls
|
||
|
alt.sex.pedophilia.swaps
|
||
|
alt.sex.pedophilia.pictures
|
||
|
alt.sex.pre-teens
|
||
|
alt.sex.teens
|
||
|
alt.sex.weight-gain 0000000928 0000000418 y
|
||
|
alt.fan.cock-sucking 0000001482 0000001311 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.voyeurism 0000005117 0000004495
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.lolita.fucking 0000001097 00000861 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.voyeurism 0000011396 0000010495 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.young 0000006499 0000005208 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.uniform 0000001274 0000001110 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.urine 0000005542 0000004911 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.fuck 0000003398 0000003162 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.uncut 0000002220 0000001970 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.spanking 0000005484 0000004927 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.female.masturbation 0000003770
|
||
|
0000003085 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pornstars 0000010919 0000010192 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pre-teen 0000004945 0000004100 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.oral 0000013599 0000012668 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.fetish.scat 0000000958 0000000842 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotic.anime 0000001886 0000001724 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotic.centerfolds 0000015743 0000014219 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotic.senior-citizens 0000004426 0000003944 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.animals 0000001511 0000001403 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.art.pin-up 0000003274 0000002916 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.breasts.small 0000004812 0000004400 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.butts 0000010763 0000010048 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cheerleaders 0000010297 0000009498 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.disney 0000001471 0000001281 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.feet 0000008454 0000007840 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.hair 0000003162 0000002804 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotic.senior-citizens 0000004042 0000003695 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen 0000005349 0000005098 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.anal 0000004414 0000004164 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.pedophile.mike-labbe 0000001015 0000000752 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.masturbation 0000004038 0000002204 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.tickling 0000014620 0000011227 y
|
||
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alt.sex.fetish.waifs 0000007005 0000005391 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.watersports 0000015798 0000012599 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.wrestling 0000008522 0000006281 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.first-time 0000007333 0000005072 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.girl.watchers 0000006418 0000003795 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.homosexual 0000025299 0000020411 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.incest 0000016099 0000009889 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.intergen 0000012715 0000010756 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.jp 0000003101 0000002194 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.magazines 0000016261 0000012956 y
|
||
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alt.sex.masturbation 0000066212 0000058405 y
|
||
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alt.sex.movies 0000090182 0000084718 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.necrophilia 0000003469 0000002177 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.pedophilia 0000040531 0000026257 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.pictures 0000120660 0000097707 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.pictures.female 0000091859 0000067880 y
|
||
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alt.sex.pictures.male 0000040412 0000032695 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.services 0000038170 0000032355 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.spam 0000000717 0000000283 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.spanking 0000043401 0000037424 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.stories 0000130604 0000115635 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.strip-clubs 0000035850 0000030078 y
|
||
|
alt.magazines.pornographic 0000005618 0000003705 y alt.magick.sex
|
||
|
0000007227 0000006197 y
|
||
|
alt.personals.spanking.punishment 0000006983 0000005028 y
|
||
|
alt.sex. 0000318682 0000299098
|
||
|
alt.sex.anal 0000028283 0000020514 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.bestiality 0000039473 0000035720 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.bondage 0000175209 0000162338 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.breast 0000035836 0000029671 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.enemas 0000009235 0000007242 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.exhibitionism 0000046981 0000035201 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fat 0000015956 0000013563 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.diapers 0000012816 0000010872 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.fa 0000015012 0000010470 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.feet 0000025850 0000022025 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.hair 0000011779 0000010356 y
|
||
|
alt.sex.fetish.orientals 0000047159 0000044315 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica 0000094765 0000092313
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.boys 0000025827 0000025062 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.children 0000009753 0000009586 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica 0000387356 0000382534 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.d 0000012832 0000012505 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.amateur.female 0000104107 0000100909 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.amateur.male 0000020070 0000019186 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime 0000031144 0000030438 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bestiality 0000022378 0000021836 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.blondes 0000061623 0000059763 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bondage 0000060612 0000058636 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cartoons 0000023721 0000023233 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.female 00000155979 0000152810 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.furry 0000007251 0000007021 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.gaymen 0000047272 0000045207 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male 0000137705 0000135723 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica. orientals 0000096484 0000094139 y
|
||
|
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pregnant 0000000038 0000000039 m
|
||
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:51:01 CST
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