At 11:39 AM -0700 11/13/97, Paul Bradley wrote:
Uk News:
Judge David Selwood today sentenced 3 writers for the magazine "Green Anarchist" to 3 years imprisonment each for their articles in the magazine which he concluded incited others to break the law. The magazine contained diaries for the previous months animal rights activism events and contained articles generally favourable to the cause of animal liberation.
Another judge who has richly earned the death penalty.
This stifling of free speech, by both state and corporate interests, is a trend spreadingl like wildfire in the Western world. Libel, slander, defamation, damage, incitement, sedition, and obscenity cases are squelching free speech. Publishers are held liable for the words of others, and even distributors are held liable. Even here on Cypherpunks we see toadies like Bob Hettinga fretting that our words are going too far, that we must learn to police ourselves or the police will be forced to do so. (Hey, if the Paladin case withstands Supreme Court scrutiny and his upheld, look for the Cypherpunks list node distributors to face criminal charges.) --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."