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Computer underground Digest Sun Jul 14, 1996 Volume 8 : Issue 53
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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, #8.53 (Sun, Jul 14, 1996)
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File 1--Meeks' article on site blocking software companies
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File 2--Singapore's Internet regulation to start on Monday July 15th
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File 3--Discussion Forum on Privacy on the Internet
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File 4--UK cyber-rights and cyber-liberties web site
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File 5--iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups (fwd)
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File 6--Tacoma decides to tax Internet
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File 7--DC-ISOC Event: July 16
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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: Tue, 09 Jul 96 00:38:26 -0700
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From: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
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Subject: File 1--Meeks' article on site blocking software companies
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Editor:
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I am writing in regard to Brock Meek's article on obtaining the
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secret databases of various blocking software companies. A lively discussion
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of some aspects of the article has followed on the Cypherpunks
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list (cypherpunks-request@toad.com) and inspired many of the
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reactions herein.
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My first reaction to the article was of disappointment. Why are
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McCullagh and Meek obviously "picking a fight" with these companies?
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They have some decent points buried in the inflammatory rhetoric of
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the article (which I would rather not dissect line-by-line), but they
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seem to me to largely missing some key points that can be made about
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these "rating services":
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1. These services are just starting-- they are in their infancy, an
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embryonic stage. They are sorting out how they want to deal with
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issues of publicity of their data, how they are to advertise their
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service to parents, how they are to differentiate themselves from
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each other, etc. It's just not very reasonable to criticize them
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for not having all the answers yet. Actually, I think they should be
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commended for advancing the technology so far in any extremely
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hostile, competitive, and emotionally-charged environment.
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2. The services are NOT censorship. Use of the service is
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*entirely*voluntary*. Who are libertarians to rant at parents who
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independently have made the decision to use the service? While an
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informed and unbiased review of the services and their practices
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would be very valuable for those parents, Meeks' rabid reporting
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style is just the opposite of what is called for here. If the entire
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article were rewritten from a more unbiased and levelheaded point of
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view, it would be a public service. As it stands, it sounds like a
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call to arms. I suspect that not only are Meeks and McCullagh on the
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wrong side of the battle, the battle is exactly the wrong one to
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fight.
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3. These services are right now *receiving*money* for their work.
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That is, a market has already arisen and apparently there is a valid
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economic role for these companies to play based on the fact there are
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already multiple, competing services operating on profits. This is
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really something to be delighted about-- it turns out that people who
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complain about material unsuitable for children are willing to put
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their money where their mouths are and actually support services that
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do the grunt work, and the whole endeavor can exist entirely
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independently of people who aren't interested in either funding or
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participating in it (no *taxes*, *lawyers*, or *bureacrats* required!
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hallelujah!). Why is Meeks making it sound so horrible? I believe we
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are witnessing the birth of a somewhat revolutionary new paradigm for
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information dissemination-- instead of burning books or libraries,
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zealots have an actual socially-acceptable channel for their
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seemingly inexhaustable energies, namely starting cyberspace ratings
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services!
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4. Why is Meeks complaining that these services are preventing
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children from seeing certain material in all clearly borderline
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cases? A single rating service deciding that a site doesn't cut
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their criteria is not at all a verdict of global, deathly silence on
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that site. The mere fact that all the rating services are keeping
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their lists secret from each other would tend to prevent a global
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blacklisting. In fact this is one disadvantage of sharing the data!
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The services may tend to unify in their "blacklistings" where now
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there is a diversity of opinion.
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5. Parents want to err on the side of caution. It is not a calamity
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if some legitimate mailing list or web site is filtered from their
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children, as Meeks tends to suggest. Parents who choose such
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services may already be making similar conservative judgements in
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other areas of the child's lives. Meeks seems to be trying to create
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a controversy where none exists, by calling up the sites that are
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supposedly being "censored" and telling them that they are being
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"blocked", when perhaps ignorance of this is bliss for everyone
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involved. Do the parents who use the service really care?
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6. The services are typically aimed at YOUNG children. I am all for
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letting children eventually be exposed to every aspect of our
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society, even those considered socially repulsive. However, a gradual
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plan that is very restrictive at first for the child at a young age,
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to something that is extremely "permissive" when they are at a later
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age, seems like the most sensible approach for parents to me.
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Furthermore, I suspect this is exactly what happens in the real world
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right now, in a general sense, if there were a study of the general
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trend of "permissiveness" of parents associated with chronological
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stages of child-raising.
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7. Why does Meeks assume that parents want to know exactly what is on
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the lists? I think it is clear even from his own account that at
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least some of the services he mentions do a decent job of indicating
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the kinds of categories and criteria that they are blocking, and any
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more information than this may not be of any interest to the parent.
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Again, I think the best point is that the market *right*now*
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"deciding" what the optimal blocking service is. The fact that there
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are already so many different services is a sign that it is a
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healthy, fledgling new industry.
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8. In the long run, so what if some kids are prevented from seeing
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material that may be important to them at some later age? What is
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there that is all that important to kids at young ages? As I
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suggested above, as long as the parents are following a plan of
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gradually exposing the child to everything in slow installments that
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finish when they reach 18, what we have here is "delayed exposure" to
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material, not so much "blocking". I suspect that these services are
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very soon going to have different age level categories if they don't
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already. And this can be simulated right now, apparently, by the
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parent simply picking appropriate categories they feel are correct
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out of the spectrum of ratings made by the agencies and revising as
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necessary.
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9. If Meeks got the plans to the Pentium chip on a CD from an
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anonymous informant, would he publish it? Why then does he feel the
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need to broadcast and publicly ridicule the trade secrets of these
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blocking companies to the world, the information that they make their
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money by? Why does he insinuate he is doing a noble and daring public
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service? Why is there the subtle insinuation in the article, "if it's
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secret, it's not legitimate"?
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10. Meeks doesn't seem to conceive of a simple observation. It's not
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a *problem* if the blocking services vary in their opinions of what
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is not acceptable to children. The decision of what is inappropriate
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to children is *subjective*, and all that is going on is that parents
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are hiring companies to help them make those subjective decisions.
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That's the beauty of the whole system-- the government is completely
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uninvolved, nor should it ever need to be, and the entire system is
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voluntary by all parties. Internet sites do not even have to be aware
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of the rating services.
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In general, I agree with an underlying theme of the article that
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perhaps more candor about selection criteria among the blocking
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services is in order. They do seem to have an atmosphere of paranoia
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and secrecy somewhat reminiscent of an intelligence agency.
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Nevertheless, Meeks could have written his article from a totally
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different view that takes the above points into account more fairly.
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It could have been a rosy article about how new information rating
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services are starting to flourish. Instead his article is bordering
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on what might be called, not merely a hatchet job, but buzz-saw
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journalism. That's his style. He doesn't appear to have ever met a
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new Internet development that he likes, at least based on his past
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articles. In fact Meeks at times seems to be an even bigger source of
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FUD than some scaremonger government bureacrats that he's targeted in
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the past.
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Can Meeks draw the basic distinction between blocking services, and
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companies like Point Communications whose awards are proudly
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displayed on web pages all over the planet? I see no difference. All
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these services have something basic in common: they are sifting
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through information to rate it and present the valuable stuff to
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their clients. The blocking companies simply do this through the
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process of elimination, and Point Communications (and other "cool web
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site compilations" that litter cyberspace everywhere) simply start
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from one of inclusion.
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Imho, we are right now witnessing the birth of a new industry--the
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meta-information industry, exemplified in e.g. Yahoo, which helps the
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world sift through information (and also includes blocking some of
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it). I highly recommend that libertarians reconsider any opposition
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they may have to these services under the different perspectives I
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offer above. Are these services the beginning of the end of the zest
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of cyberspace? Or are they instead possibly the beginning of a system
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whereby that zestiness is amplified in a positive feedback loop?
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Perhaps because there is a fresh new safety net being woven as we
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speak to prevent children from exposure to "inappropriate" material,
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the overall freedom of information dissemination benefits as a
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result.
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I am fully aware that Meeks recently won an award from a group of
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admirers, and I do have some respect for his past articles and scoops
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and willingness to donate his time toward a cause. However, I
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suggest that there is a narrow edge between what helps and hurts
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cyberspace, and often it is not clear what effect a particular
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development will have in the long run. I hope Mr. Meeks will be less
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smug and hasty in his future judgements of such (to say the least) in
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the future.
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Also, I have seen a very long and intricate discussion among
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cypherpunks about how to evade the blocking software. I suggest to
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everyone that trying to evade the basic situation that is going on
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here-- i.e. parents deciding how they want to raise their own
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children--is extremely dangerous territory. I would like to see
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libertarians instead come to the conclusion, and advocate it
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publicly, that it's not a big deal if kids are prevented from seeing
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significant aspects of the world before they are 18, and that they as
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adults are willing to support such a system, or at least not try to
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sabotage one that is put into place by others who are directly
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involved (i.e., parents, educators, child welfare specialists, etc.).
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Sincerely,
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Vladimir Nuri
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Note: more information on a sophisticated new ratings protocol called PICS
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that may be in widespread use sometime in the future
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by various ratings agencies is available at http://www.w3.org/PICS
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 14:15:51 +0100
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From: Jean-Bernard Condat <jeanbc@INFORMIX.COM>
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Subject: File 2--Singapore's Internet regulation to start on Monday July 15th
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By Geoffrey Pereira
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SINGAPORE'S cyberspace will be regulated from Monday under a new
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licensing scheme that aims to safeguard public morals, political
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stability and religious harmony.
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Two groups -- those who provide or sell Internet access and those
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who provide information with business, political and religious
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content -- will be deemed to be licensed automatically.
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They will have to follow a set of Singapore Broadcasting Authority
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guidelines on what material can enter Singapore's cyberspace.
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While the first group will also have to be registered with the SBA,
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not all of the second group, except for those whose home pages
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engage in local political or religious discussion and on-line
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newspapers which target Singapore subscribers, need to.
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To register, they will have to provide information such as the
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targeted readers, the names of the editors and publishers and the
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nature of the organisation behind them, a move to promote
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responsible use of the medium.
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The SBA announced the new Class Licence Scheme yesterday in a
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follow-up to moves earlier this year.
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The scheme will cover two main categories of Internet providers.
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These include access provi ders
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such as CyberWay and secondary access providers such as cybercafes
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and schools. They must block out objectionable sites when the SBA
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tells them to and pay a licensing fee.
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The Internet has thousands of newsgroups in which people discuss
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topics that include homosexuality, sex and religion, sometimes with
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pictures.
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Service providers will also have to follow the SBA's guidelines on
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content in deciding which newsgroups to offer to the public.
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Schools and other places which offer access to children will need
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tighter control; the SBA said it was working with the Education
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Ministry and the National Library Board on this. Internet Content
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Providers (ICP). The term refers to anyone who provides information
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on the World Wide Web, a publishing platform on the Internet,
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including those who put out their own home pages.
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But Mr Goh Liang Kwang, the SBA's chief executive officer, told a
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press conference that regulatory efforts would focus only on groups
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which provide content on an organised basis.
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Individuals who put up web pages that are not for business,
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political and religious purposes will be exempted unless they are
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notified by the SBA.
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He said the scheme aimed to encourage responsible use of the
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Internet while allowing its healthy development here. He said: "It
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encourages minimum standards in cyberspace and seeks to protect Net
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users, particularly the young, against the broadcast of unlawful or
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objectionable materials."
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He added that political and religious organisations are free to
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conduct discussions provided they do not break the law or disrupt
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social harmony.
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The SBA guidelines on content also prohibit other types of material.
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They include material which:
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Jeopardises security or defence, or which undermines confide nce in
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the administration of justice; Misleads and alarms the public; Tends
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to bring the Government into hatred or contempt, or excites
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disaffection against it.
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When asked to elaborate on the kind of material which would fall
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under the third point, Mr Goh replied that it would be a matter of
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judgment on the part of the SBA.
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The penalties for those who break the rules have not been spelt out
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under the scheme, but he said that they could have their licence
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withdrawn or be fined.
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The Internet was impossible to control fully, he said, and added:
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"Our licence conditions are directed at what is necessary and
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possible. As technology evolves, so will our regulatory framework."
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He added that the Ministry of Information and the Arts will appoint
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a National Internet Advisory Committee to help formulate a good
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framework.
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Although the SBA will have up to 10 people monitoring cyberspace, he
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added that the success of its regulation would depend a lot on
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industry and community action. People can help, he said, by
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informing the SBA of the objectionable sites that they come across.
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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:53:07 -0700
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From: Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragter <dsb@datenschutz-berlin.de>
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Subject: File 3--Discussion Forum on Privacy on the Internet
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The International Working Group on Data Protection in
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Telecommunications is currently working on Data Protection and
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Privacy on the Internet.
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The Group was founded in 1983 and has been initiated by Data
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Protection Commissioners from different countries in order to improve
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Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications. The Secretariat of
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the Group is located at the Berlin Data Protection Commissioner=B4s
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Office, Berlin, Germany.
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At its spring meeting 1996 in Budapest the Group has agreed on a
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Draft Report and Guidance on Data Protection on the Internet. It was
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agreed to publish the Report on the Net in order to receive comments
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from the network community.
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The Secretariat of the Working Group has initiated a discussion forum
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located at the WWW-Server of the Berlin Data Protection Commissioner
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(http://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/diskus/).
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The comments received will be published on the server.
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We are looking forward to your comments on the report.
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Yours sincerely,
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Hansj=FCrgen Garstka
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(Chairman of the Group)
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Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 20:54:31 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>
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Subject: File 4--UK cyber-rights and cyber-liberties web site
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[Kindly forwarded by Eric Freedman. --Declan]
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// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Date--Thu, 04 Jul 1996 08:00:56 -0500 (CDT)
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From--Y. AKDENIZ <lawya@lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk>
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A NEW WEB PAGE DEALING WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH & PRIVACY ON THE
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INTERNET - "CYBER-RIGHTS & CYBER-LIBERTIES" AT:
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http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/pgs/yaman/yaman.htm
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PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT
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I have created a new web page called "CYBER-RIGHTS AND
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CYBER-LIBERTIES: Materials related to Internet and the Law"
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It is located at the Criminal Justice Studies of the Law
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Faculty of University of Leeds, UK where I am a current MA Research
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student. My research involves freedom of speech and privacy issues on
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the Internet. I cover such issues as pornography, encryption and
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defamation on the Internet in my MA thesis.
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The web site will deal with these issues and will concentrate on the
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UK law though current developments in the US (such as the CDA) will
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be covered and there will be links to articles I have written on the
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subject matter and links to relevant web sites. I have also included
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a reading list which will be updated regularly.
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I would appreciate if you contact me for non-listed web sites
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(especially UK but all welcome) so that I can develop the relevant
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links and try to create a strong web site dealing with freedom of speech
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and privacy on the Internet.
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The address for the web site is:
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http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/pgs/yaman/yaman.htm
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Yaman Akdeniz
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lawya@leeds.ac.uk
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 23:31:00 -0500 (CDT)
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From: David Smith <bladex@BGA.COM>
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Subject: File 5--iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups (fwd)
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Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9607082334.A28553-0100000@vern.bga.com>
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MIME-Version: 1.0
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Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
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See http://www.efc.ca/pages/isp/istar-memo-03jul96.html
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- - -
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M E M O R A N D U M
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TO: iSTAR Technical Support Staff
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FROM: Margo Langford, Corporate & Regulatory Counsel
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SUBJECT: USENET News Groups
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DATE: July 3, 1996
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CC: David Ralston, COO
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Michael Martineau, VP, Engineering
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John Cryer, VP, Western Region
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Steve Doswell, VP, Central Region
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Denis Choquette, VP, Eastern Region
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Eric Carroll, Sr. Director, Network Services
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David Chaloner, Manager, Integration
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Please be advised that effective today, we will be enforcing the
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attached policy by deleting the appended list of USENET newsgroups
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from all iSTAR USENET news servers. The attached quote is for public
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distribution, and should be made available on all iSTAR web servers.
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Pursuant to iSTAR internet Inc's policy to prohibit use of the iSTAR
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network for illegal purposes, on the advice of legal counsel, certain
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newsgroups have been deleted as they contain material that contravenes
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the laws of Canada.
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iSTAR will not tolerate the use of its network for illegal purposes.
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Any incidence of illegal use reported to iSTAR internet will be
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investigated and the information will be turned over to the
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appropriate authorities. iSTAR reserves the right to cancel a
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customer's account for illegal use of its network, or for interference
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with other users or networks.
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Unquote
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In specific, we have deleted the following newsgroups per legal counsel.
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NOTE
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This list is for the information of the technical support staff
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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 10:41:57 -0500
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Subject: File 6--Tacoma decides to tax Internet
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[From Dave Farber's IP list. More fodder for Rich's state-censorship page,
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I think. -Declan]
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Tacoma's Internet Tax
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News Flash
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The News Tribune on 7-8-96 has a
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<A HREF="http://www.tribnet.com/news/cytax.htm">
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Front Page</A> story on this taxing issue.
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The City of Tacoma has sent out <A HREF="city.phtml">demand letters </A>
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to Internet Providers declaring that they are a "Network Telephone
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Service" and are subject to a utility tax. <P>
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If you have not received a notice yet, here is the scoop. <P>
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This tax is levied at a rate of 6.38% on every dollar of revenue
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derived from a customer located in the city of tacoma. It does not
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matter where YOU are doing business.<P>
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This tax was intended to be levied on real utilities such as us west. The
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city of tacoma has expanded the scope to include telephone related services
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such as answering services and pager companies. The have established a
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precident of taxing non telephone companies by getting away with taxing
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them. <P>
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The really bad news is that EVERY city in Washington has the ability to
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levy this tax and in fact Bellevue, Seattle and Spokane have already stated
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that if Tacoma is successful they will begin demanding that this tax be
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levied. Every internet provider will be required to report revenues and pay a
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tax based on the zipcode of every customer. <P>
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<I>A little history.</I> <P>
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My role in this issue started in February of this year while employed in the
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State Senate as an Aid to Sen. Bill Finkbeiner (R-45). It was brought to
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the attention of the Senator by a constituent. <P>
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I investigated the story and found out that it was indeed true. My
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conversations with the City of Tacoma were very unproductive. The
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person who came up with this tax idea stated that he could <B>"not let internet
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providers go untaxed" </B>and refused to back off of his plan.<P>
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I contacted the <A HREF="dor.phtml">State Department of Revenue</A>
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to find out what there interpretation of law was and they did not agree
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with Tacoma but has no athority over the City.<P>
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My next step was to request an opinion from the
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<A HREF="ag.phtml">Attorney Generals'</A> office. I finally received a
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non-answer last week. The AG will not issue an opinion on
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the interpretation because they feel that it is too close of a call and that
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they feel that it will have to be settled in court.<P>
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<I>What to do?</I><P>
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There are several options available at this point. The first of which should
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be a plea before the City Council. I am willing to organize a group meeting
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with the council, but it will take a strong show of unity to go before them.
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It should consist of several ISP's as well as users. <P>
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If you would like to be part of this, either send me
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<A HREF="mailto:vince@web.wa.net">email </A>or you can
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reach me voice at 922-3552 (tacoma) or 878-9282 (seattle). <P>
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At this point there is nothing the Senator can do until the next legislative
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session in January.<P>
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You can contact Sen. Finbeiner via email at
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<A HREF="mailto:finkbein_bi@leg.wa.gov">finkbein_bi@leg.wa.gov</A><P>
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</BODY>
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</HTML>
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<hr size=3 width=400 align="center"><center><i>67 total hits since Wednesday
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May 15. 10 hits today.
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<br>Last access on Monday July 8 at 16:31:56 from inigo.cybernex.net<br>
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Page was last updated on Monday July 8, 1996 at 14:41:37</i></center>
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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 01:19:24 -0400
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From: russ@NAVIGATORS.COM(Russ Haynal)
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Subject: File 7--DC-ISOC Event: July 16
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The Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (DC-ISOC)
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announces its Next Event!
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INET '96 Mirror
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Tuesday, July 16, 1996, 7:00pm
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The Internet Society just held its annual conference, INET '96,
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in Montreal, Canada. This event included over 2500 delegates
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from around the world to discuss the latest Internet developments.
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200 papers presented at the fifty theme sessions covered issues
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such as world policy, financing, ethics and technical problems.
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Additional information about INET '96 can be found at the
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Internet Society's Home page; http:www.isoc.org
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Since many of us did not have the opportunity to attend this event
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in person, the DC-ISOC is organizing an "INET '96 mirror event"
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for a recapping of INET'96.
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D.C.-area ISOC members who attended the INET '96 will share their
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impressions and insight from this global event. D.C.-area ISOC members
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who attended INET '96 are invited to contact Ross Stapleton-Gray at
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director@embassy.org to confirm your participation in the our INET'96
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Mirror event (do not reply to this message).
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Additionally, NASA may provide a brief overview of a meeting to be held
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the following week. The subject: "Live from Mars--the Virtual Conference"
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show which is being sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
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The actual show will take place on Saturday, July 20th and will consist of 2
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teachers from every state in the U.S. The general public will view the
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show via television and the Internet.
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The INET '96 Mirror event will be held from 7-9 pm, July 16th, at NASA
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Headquarters, Washington DC. Attendance will be on a first-come,
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first-seated basis, though we expect that there should be room for all
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those interested.
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As with all of our previous events, there is no charge to attend this event.
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Directions:
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NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington, DC
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Main Auditorium (Enter through the East Lobby Entrance)
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Via Metro: Federal Center (South)
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Upon Exiting the Metro station, turn right
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Walk under the overpass
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Turn right to NASA Headquarters
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Individuals who are interested in becoming members of DC-ISOC can do so
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by joining the Internet Society. See their web site at
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http://www.isoc.org for more information.
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The Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society maintains its own web
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site at: http://www.dcisoc.org Please feel free to pass this announcement
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message along to other interested individuals. If this message was
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forwarded to you, you can join our announcement mailing list through
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out web site (http://www.dcisoc.org)
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________________________________________
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Russ Haynal - Internet Consultant, Instructor, Speaker
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"Helping organizations gain the most benefit from the Internet"
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Author:"Internet; A Knowledge Odyssey" (Top-rated CD-ROM Tutorial)
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Available from MindQ Publishing: http://www.mindq.com
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russ@navigators.com http://www.clark.net/pub/rhaynal 703-729-1757
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:51:01 CST
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