At 2:39 PM -0500 10/7/98, Steve Bryan wrote:
David Honig wrote:
I'd guess that the Export control puppets know that the Web-TV hubs will be subpoena-able by the US even in these other "sovereign" nations. The WebTV centralized infrastructure makes this easy.
This announcement seems to be getting a lot of this sort of reaction but I don't see quite why the news is greeted with such animosity. If a duly authorized search warrant is required in order to obtain information that represents a potential world of difference from having unrestricted ability to monitor all communications.
Because there are no (or fewer) *technical* barriers to getting the information, it introduces weakness into the system. -- "To sum up: The entire structure of antitrust statutes in this country is a jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance. It is a product: (a) of a gross misinterpretation of history, and (b) of rather naïve, and certainly unrealistic, economic theories." Alan Greenspan, "Anti-trust" http://www.ecosystems.net/mgering/antitrust.html Petro::E-Commerce Adminstrator::Playboy Ent. Inc.::petro@playboy.com::petro@bounty.org