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NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY : May 14, 1994
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Networks and Community is devoted to encouraging
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LOCAL resource creation & GLOBAL resource sharing.
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The 18th report of 1994 is the 24th weekly survey.
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Coverage in this issue includes:
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Global Community
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News From The World
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Timely Thoughts: A Call to Community, by Kevin Thomas Sullivan
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Profile: Media Planet (a professional film industry destination)
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Services: ThisIsCrazy List from Sylvia Caras
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Help!!!
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Classes & Meetings
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Global Community
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Slowly making headway through the huge pile of handouts
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from the "Ties That Bind" Conference in Cupertino! As I read
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through the well presented, thought provoking, informative
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brochures, two things are happening to me. First, I am brought
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back to the most energetic gathering of diverse folks that I
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personally have attended (sheltered life, huh!) and second, I am
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motivated by the energy of the participants (both at the conference
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& online) to become more active in what I see as the most
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important tool for effecting and affecting community available.
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We are preaching to the already converted here on the net.
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We need to bring in the melting pot to these discussions. Each
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question that we ask begets more questions. We must start to
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organize these thoughts and take action. Only then will we have an
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effective tool to use to change the world. If you think about it,
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we have at our potential disposal, in our homes and businesses, the
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text capabilities to reach as many folks as CNN does with
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television. One that, if used properly and distributed widely,
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truly globalize our local communities.
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*WE* must take the initiative to link our diverse systems
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together, and righteously fight any loss of bandwidth taken from
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us by commercial providers, the government and others that would
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choke off this resource before it reaches its potential. We must
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make access to the Internet by all a priority, equal in importance
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to free speech! If we cede the ownership of the Internet to
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private enterprise, they will control it, just as was done with
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that OTHER medium, television. We let others dictate content that
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appeals to the lowest common denominator.
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We must bring our communities online, all of them. We must
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form state and national organizations to assist in funding and
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information gathering. If we fight to maintain ownership of this
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medium, we will finally have the power to *REALLY* effect change.
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To accomplish this, we must share our knowledge of and
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excitement with the rest of our communities. Offer to teach a
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class at your house or community center on how to use this tool.
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Preach the gospel, follow it up with your actions, and show others
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that the "INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY" can be just as simple to use as
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the "INTERSTATE HIGHWAY".
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-steve covington
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NEWS of the WIRED & WEIRD **** Received from various sources
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Forwarded by Gleason Sackman - InterNIC net-happenings moderator
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Subject: E-d-u-p-a-g-e 05/10/94 & 05/12/94 EDITED BY MYSELF
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SAN DIEGO TAKES THE INITIATIVE IN TELECOM
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San Diego wants a broadband fiber network and it isn't waiting for
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state and federal governments or "convergence" to make it happen. The city
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is soliciting bids from telephone and cable companies, the local electrical
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utility, universities and even the U.S. Navy. "We want to conjure up ways
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in which we can use this technology in a way that makes sense in a business
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context," says a city management assistant. (Multichannel News 5/9/94)
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LAWYERS CAPITALIZE ON INTERNET FLAMING
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Canter & Siegel, a husband-and-wife law firm that found itself
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scorched by flame mail last month for advertising on the Internet, has
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decided to launch a new service, Cybersell, to help other businesses do the
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same thing. Cybersell will charge $500 for access to 6,000 news groups.
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"People like Canter & Siegel are taking grotesque advantage of liberating
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technology that supports the free and open exchange of ideas," says the
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president of the Internet Company. Retorts Siegel, "Our fate has been that
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we're making a lot of money. If a bunch of hysterics want to scream and
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yell and make fools of themselves, then I don't feel they warrant respect."
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(Wall Street Journal 5/9/94 B2)
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THE SENSE OF A WOMAN
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Women love the geometric video game Tetris, and game-makers are
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dying to find out why. While 99% of the buyers for most other games are
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male, 40% of Tetris buyers are female. One theory is the appeal of the
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game's goal, which is to bring order to chaos, resulting in neat little
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rows of geometric shapes. Women crave order, hypothesizes a sociologist
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hired by Nintendo to unravel the riddle, and by beating the clock on the
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game, a woman experiences a rush of endorphins -- "feel good" chemicals
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produced by the body under stress. (Wall Street Journal 5/10/94 B1)
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COMPUTER TV SHOWS
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Ziff-Davis Publishing plans a series of four 30-minute television
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programs about computers, to be aired in conjunction with 30-minute
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high-tech shopping shows. The Personal Computing Show and Tech TV's
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Computer Outlet will be produced by the Technology Information Network, a
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joint venture of Ziff-Davis and Missing Link Communications. (Wall Street
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Journal 5/10/94 B9)
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WOMEN FAVOR E-MAIL OVER E-MALL
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A survey conducted by an online publication reveals that more than
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66% of the women surveyed log on to an electronic service at least once a
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day and the same number spends at least $20 a month on online fees. Top on
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their list is interacting with editors, writers and other readers, with
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Internet access ranking second. Only 6% considered shopping, banking or
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travel services a priority. (Tampa Tribune 5/9/94 B&F3)
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INFO HIGHWAYS FOR THE FUTURE, POLICY FOR NOW
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"Ten years from now you're still going to be looking at Dan Rather
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and his successors," predicts Andrew Schwartzman of the Media Access
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Project, who insists that policy makers should concentrate on traditional
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reforms (e.g., the Fairness Doctrine and rules barring phone companies from
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controlling information content on its wires), rather than be distracted by
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future hype that will allow the information highway to be controlled by
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three or four companies. (Common Cause Magazine Spring 94 p.17)
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BATTLE WAGED OVER NSFNET CONTRACT
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The National Science Foundation will spend $50 million on an
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upgraded NSFNet backbone, and has selected MCI for the vBNS (very
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high-speed backbone network services) portion of the project. Sprint is
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raising objections, and the lawyers are preparing to do battle. Sprint
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claims that NSFNet management had a too-cozy relationship with MCI during
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the evaluation process, and that a National Science Board member also has a
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possible conflict of interest with MCI. (Telecommunications 5/94 p.15)
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POSSIBLE SHARED JURISDICTION OVER TELECOMMUNICATION
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The Canadian federal government may delegate some of its power over
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communications to the provinces following protests by Quebec over a recent
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Supreme Court ruling that confirmed exclusive federal jurisdiction in this
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area. (Toronto Star 5/12/94 A15)
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ISDN COMING INTO ITS OWN
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After many years of false starts, Integrated Services Digital
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Network is developing into a viable choice for communications users. There
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were more than 125,000 ISDN lines in service at the end of 1993, and the
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number's expected to grow to 1 million by the end of 1997. "Pricing is
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breeding ISDN," says the president of a telecommunications firm.
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(Telecommunications 5/94 p.18)
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FULL-MOTION VIDEO CHIPS
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Texas-based Linden Technology has a new take on running full-motion
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video over your PC. It's combined the memory and logic circuits on one
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chip, enabling PCs to be built with the graphics capability of a fancy
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workstation at one-third the cost, according to the company's president.
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"The big chipmakers think we're crazy, but we see a $30 chip that can push
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1,000 MIPS (millions of instructions per second)." (Business Week 5/16/94
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p.91)
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MASCULINE/FEMININE
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Men typically imagine computer devices that can help them "conquer
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the universe," says Jan Hawkins, director of the Center for Children &
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Technology, whereas women want machines that meet people's needs, "the
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perfect mother." The center's associate director, Cornelia Bruner, says if
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everyone approached technology the way women do, "we wouldn't be pushing
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envelopes... Most women, even those who are technologically sophisticated,
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think of machines as a means to an end." (Newsweek 5/16/94 p.48)
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****** From Niiregional Mailing list ******
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Thought Internet readers would be interested in this News Release. A
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full copy of Cullen's testimony from today's (May 12th) hearing is
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available by Gopher and anonymous ftp at ba.com.
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Eric Rabe
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Bell Atlantic | Internet: rabe@ba.com
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For Immediate Release May 12, 1994
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Contacts: Eric Rabe 703-974-3036, <rabe@ba.com>
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Shannon Fioravanti 703-974-5455
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BELL ATLANTIC TELLS CONGRESS: IGNORE THE LONG DISTANCE MYTHS, LET ALL
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS COMPETE
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Washington, D.C. , May, 12 -- Bell Atlantic President James G. Cullen
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today called on the United States Senate to look beyond the myths
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perpetuated by the long distance telephone industry and craft
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telecommunications reform legislation that "allows consumers to reap the
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full benefits of competition."
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Cullen, testifying on behalf of the seven Regional Bell Operating
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Companies, pledged to the Senate Commerce Committee his willingness to
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work out a compromise on S. 1822, The Communications Act of 1994. Cullen
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asserted that simultaneously opening long distance markets as local
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markets are opened to additional competition will lower telephone rates
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and could create as many as 3.6 million new jobs over the next 10 years.
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"To do anything less than opening both markets at the same time will
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virtually preordain the winners and losers in this competitive
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industry," Cullen said. "To do anything less will limit choices for
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consumers."
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Cullen added that if the local telephone companies like Bell Atlantic were
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able to provide long distance service, consumers would have as many as
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seven new choices for these long distance services. "The long distance
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cartel remains closed," he said, "closed as the companies spread myths and
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misinformation to keep competitors out of their markets."
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Cullen suggested that telecommunications providers begin to talk seriously
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about how they can work together in the best interest of the consumer. He
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urged policy makers to focus on the realities of the marketplace and
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create a compromise which opens all markets to competition.
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for people who experience
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sylviac@netcom.com
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I have created an Internet electronic mail address list for
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people who experience moods swings, fright, voices, and
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visions ("people who"). The list is used to further low
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cost exchange of information to serve cohesion and
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mutuality, and support increased power for "people who."
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Almost all current activity and advocacy of "people who" is
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supported by local and national mental health systems and
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associations, and by grants. Some "people who" believe that
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this kind of funding dulls the philosophic edge of the grass
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roots user movement and uses up too much administrative
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energy. Current newsletters and mailings are distributed
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by post and the copying, collating, and mail costs have
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become prohibitive. This leads to restricted information
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distribution just when the global trends are for wider
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information exchange, even information overload. Electronic
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mail (e-mail) is created once and sent to one or many with a
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few computer commands. There is no postage, no envelopes,
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no address labels, no folding. The receiver can read the
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mail on the computer screen or print out a paper version.
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E-mail saves money, saves time, and gets distributed faster.
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A low (or no) cost Internet system will enable any user who
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can access a computer network system for a few minutes to be
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informed and to contribute. Dial-up Internet access is
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readily available with a free local telephone call.
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Internet can connect different brands of hardware and
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different operating systems, and can interconnect with
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Compuserve, America On Line, and other commercial systems.
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There is an intention to involve users of mental health
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services in their services and to have users directing their
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own care. Access to the computer tools of mental health
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systems is part of this involvement. Almost all local
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mental health systems and mental health associations
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now have computers. Connecting to the Internet and sharing
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equipment usage for the few minutes that e-mail requires is
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a way for local services to act on the theme of inclusion.
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Internet would cost nothing beyond the already existing
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fixed costs. A service of local mental health centers is
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electronic access to information and to each other. If this
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low level of cooperation is not achievable, other sources of
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Internet access might be local junior colleges,
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universities, libraries (via Freenet), independent living
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centers and disability rights groups, human service
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organizations, computer clubs, technology manufacturers,
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local businesses, friends, neighbors. Internet access is
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easily achievable. Even unsophisticated, low end,
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grandfather generation technology will work - a modem, some
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memory, and maybe a printer are all that are needed.
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For those who would like to learn to use computers, e-mail
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is a good entry level project. There is a difference
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between using electronic mail and using computer bulletin
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boards. E-mail requires less knowledge of computer
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workings and less computer time. Specific training could be
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available from local rehabilitation services, mental health
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departments, schools, computer clubs.
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For those who do not use radio and television because the
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technology is invasive, because it sends targeted messages,
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because it speaks directly to them, computers are
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interactive and once learned, at the control of the
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operator. This medium may be acceptable.
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I met with Kevin at the "Ties That Bind" conference in Cupertino.
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He is an Internet consultant and another great example of the type
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of person that is selflessly working to "humanize" the Internet.
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-steve covington
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A CALL TO COMMUNITY
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A Paper presented at the "Ties That Bind" Conference
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by Kevin Thomas Sullivan
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Are community networks going to become the "information
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utilities" of our age? Maybe, though they will have to overcome
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great hurdles to achieve that status. I see community networkers
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not as aspiring utility operators, but as visionaries who can
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provide leadership in helping us to rediscover intimate community,
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which I believe to be a healthy condition. I see then, community
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networks transending the utility paradigm, leaving it to other
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organizations to provide "utility level" service to the community.
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What is intimate community and why is it important?
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Intimate community is about the process of building close, deep
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and lasting relationships with other men and women. This is
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something that we don't do very well in our fast paced, high
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achieving culture. In fact, the way we use things like computers,
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televisions, cars, even phones, isolates us from one another.
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Should we just chuck technology and go back to an old nostalgic
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way of being? I believe not. Forces often act in two balancing
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directions even though we can see only one side at any given
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time. Technology is certainly a power and we certainly have seen
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one of its sides in a big way. Perhaps technology can be used to
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help facilitate the building of intimate community.
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How can community networks help in this process? I believe
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that intimate community is best facilitated through personal
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contact with other individuals who have a shared passion for
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something, be it baseball, stamp collecting or even community
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building. I want to see how community networks can be used to
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help facilitate the process of bringing people together in ways
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that enrich our relationships.
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This way of thinking results in a subtle shift in point-of
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-view. Community networks become community communications tools
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instead of information providers.
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Access to personal information becomes more important than
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access to impersonal information.
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Access to personal information of those within our
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geographic community becomes more important than access to
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personal information of those outside our geographic
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community.
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The concept of Personal Information Empowerment (PIE)
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becomes important. That you control what, when, where
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and with whom you share your personal information.
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Providing simple, low cost access to local, personal
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information becomes more important than providing complex
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and expensive access to global impersonal information.
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(This will be the job of the commercial information
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providers.)
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Finding ways to maximize access to local personal
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information while minimizing the amount of time and
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effort that people spend on the system, becomes important.
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How do we put these ideas into practice? We have already
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begun. We need to continue to accept the premise that we do not
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have the answers, that we are unlikely to think of the answers in
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the abstract, that the answers will come only through thought
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combined with simple trial and error. We need to stay open and
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flexible, encouraging multiple approaches, and avoiding approaches
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that will require us think and act alike. We need to make our
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platforms less stable, more flexible and smaller, so that many
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different people in different communities can begin to experiment
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with their own models. Taking more risks, but each risk smaller
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and more manageable, and above all, listening to the results of our
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experiments, honestly evaluating them and making changes.
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As the community networking movement shifts to this
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ground, we will find that many of our current obstacles will begin
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to disappear. We will begin to appear less threatening to the
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commercial information providers because we will be taking a
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different, though hopefully complimentary, path. The vital energy
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that we spend on our current technical and political struggles
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will become less, because the scale of our projects, and their
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information requirements, will remain small. We will be able to
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focus our energies on the creative part of this process, generating
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a series of experiments that begin to enrich our everyday life.
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This is not an easy road. We will need support. We need
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to continue making the community building community stronger, so
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that these experiments can be shared and supported in gentle and
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accepting ways. We must pay attention to the community that we
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are creating today, and nourish its growth to sustain us in our
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efforts.
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I am convinced that out of these experiments will come a
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powerful community building force that will have the potential to
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transform community in our age.
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** Copyright * May 3, 1994 * Kevin Thomas Sullivan
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HELP!!!
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I am interested in communities that have been involved
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in the Healthy Community Movement and how telecommunications
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has played a role in the development of those communities
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and whether it has been used to exchange information
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between communities.
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John Godfreyson jgodfreyson@sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca
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Dear Net Citizen:
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How do you put a price on free and open dialogue on the Net?
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How much are you willing to spend to preserve the concept of roboust
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and open debate that have become a part of the Internet's culture?
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$100? $50? $20?
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What if the cost of helping to preserve an open and robust Net was
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no more than $1.29? That's right, less than the cost of a fast
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food hamburger. Freedom on the Internet for only $1.29... cheap
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at twice the price.
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A joke? Hardly. The free and open speech, indeed the First Amendment
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rights of the Internet -- rights we've all enjoyed for decades -- are now
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being challenged in court.
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CyberWire Dispatch, the well-respected online newswire written and
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developed for the Internet community by journalist Brock Meeks, is
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the subject of a libel suit. CyberWire Dispatch has been at the
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forefront of bringing the Net community timely and insightful
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articles.
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This suit was highlighted in a _Wall St. Journal_ article (April
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22, page B1). The subject of a Dispatch investigation is suing
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Meeks for simply doing what journalists in the traditional print
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medium have done since the founding of newspapers: Print the
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facts and let the public decide the outcome.
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Brock and the Cyperwire Dispatch are examples of the "bottom up"
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journalism that charachterizes the Net, where anyone with a modem can
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compete with the traditional press. Of course, most of us don't come
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to the Net with a lawyer in tow, or the resources to defend a legal
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action taken against us in courts located hundreds of miles from our
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homes.
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This libel action is one of the earliest cases of libel involving
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alleged defamatory statements published over a computer network.
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It raises the extremely important legal and policy issues. It's impact
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may well determine how and to what extent anyone feels free to express
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strong opinions on the Net, wihtout being put at risk of legal action.
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It is crucial that Brock have a strong defense and that the principles
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that come out of this case provide the maximum protection to the
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exercise of free and open speech as possible.
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CyberWire Dispatch is unique because it's distributed solely in
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electronic form. A service for the Net community at large. And
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all CyberWire Dispatch articles are free. Meeks neither charges
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anyone for receiving them; he gets paid nothing to write them.
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For all these efforts, he's being sued. And being sued by a
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company with a large financial backing. Meeks, on the other hand,
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has no such resources. His attorney, Bruce Sanford of Baker &
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Hostetler is arguably the finest First Amendment lawyer in the
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U.S.
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And although he has agreed to represent Meeks at a reduced rate,
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the cost of defending against this unmerited suit will not be
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cheap.
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We have formed this committee to lend our support in helping him
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raise money for his legal defense. And all we're asking you to
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send is $1.29. That's it. Why that price? The math is easy: $1
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in an envelope with a 29 cent stamp applied.
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Who can't afford $1.29 to help save the great freedoms we all
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enjoy here today?
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Can you send more? Of course. Any contributions will be
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welcomed and accepted. Tax deductible donations also are
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possible by following the instructions below.
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All money sent for Meeks' legal defense fund will be go to that
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purpose. All the administrative services for administering the
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fund are being donated; 100% of your money goes to defer the
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legal costs of this case.
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You are encouraged to repost this message. But please, we urge
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you to keep proper Net protocol in mind when reposting or cross
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posting this message.
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Thanks for your time. On behalf of Brock and for future
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generations of electronic journalists, we appreciate your
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contributions and support.
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For Tax Deductible Donations:
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Make Checks out to "Point Foundation" and clearly annotate on the check:
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"For Legal Defense Fund."
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Send those checks to:
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Meeks Defense Fund
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c/o Point Foundation
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27 Gate Five Road
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Sausalito, CA 94965
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For those who don't care about the tax deductible status, send
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contributions to:
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Meeks Defense Fund
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c/o IDI
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901 15th St. NW
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Suite 230
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Washington, DC 20005
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CLASSES & MEETINGS OF INTEREST
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Sender: Ed Bidinotto <Ed.Bidinotto@netstrategies.com> Subject:
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CONFNA>New User Internet Seminar, 6/11/94, Denver
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On Saturday June 11th, Internet Strategies will host a seminar in Denver
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called The Internet Getting Started Seminar. This seminar is targeted to
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the beginner who would like to get up to speed on using the Internet.
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This seminar will cover the following topics:
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- What the Internet is and how you can connect.
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- Why you need access to this powerful global network.
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- What tools are available to get worldwide information from the Net.
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- How your business can benefit from this technology.
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- What type of Internet connection is best for you.
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- Where to get help with training and where to find additional resources.
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Various Internet Experts: Live Internet Demonstrations
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Saturday June 11th, Denver Marriott SE (I-25/Hampden), 9 am. - 4 pm.
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Register by May 27. For information/registration, call (303) 863-9561
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Cost: $89 includes lunch. Register by May 27th.
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**********
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Sender: OGUJGRA@DPC01.DPC.UMASSP.EDU Subject: Doing business on the
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Net conference
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How to do business on the Internet and other interactive media
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Six practitioners tell how it really works, what it really costs
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Montague, MA. This June, speakers from MONSANTO, SCHLUMBERGER, The
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HARTFORD COURANT, and The MONTAGUE INSTITUTE will tell how they use the
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Internet and other interactive information technologies in R&D,
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marketing, and customer service. In addition, representatives from NEW
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MEXICO TECHNET and the VERMONT HEALTH INFORMATION CONSORTIUM will
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provide insights on how regional information networks are formed,
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funded, and used by both private and public sector organizations.
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Designed to address the practical issues of using the "information
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superhighway" as it exists today, the program will appeal to business
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executives and professionals, administrators of nonprofit agencies,
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entrepreneurs, and economic development staff. Topics covered will
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include interactive advertising, workgroup computing, use of information
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networks to achieve competitive advantage, Internet resources for
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business intelligence, and strategies for promoting Internet usage
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within an organization.
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The conference, "Gateways to Productivity," will held on the Amherst
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campus of the University of Massachusetts from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm on
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June 23, 1994. The event is a collaborative effort with support from
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Western Massachusetts Electric Company, University Information Systems
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(The President's Office, University of Massachusetts) and Continental
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Cablevision. Cost is $65 person. Meals and lodging are available at
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reasonable rates at the university Conference Center.
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For more information, call Jean Graef at The Montague Institute
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(413-367-0245) or send E-mail to OGUJGRA@dpc01.dpc.umassp.edu.
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preparation of this newsletter are provided by NETCOM On-line
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Communications Service, Inc. Editing is done by myself.
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