Duncan Frissell wrote:
The recent CDA decision pointed out some of the problems involved in rating Net content.
That reminds me. As someone who hasn't yet given up on WiReD in disgust (instead, I get it and read it faithfully in disgust), I was particularly pissed-off at the latest "Kids Net Rights" issue. Jonathan Katz huffs and puffs about how "nobody in the digital world" protests the idea of rating schemes to keep non-adults away from information, and indeed claims that "the digerati" (grrr) are pushing rating schemes with great gusto to save themselves from censorship. I guess by "nobody", he probably means "nobody who hangs out in the same trendy espresso bars as the WiReD trendmeisters". I've seen plenty of invective directed at the concept of rating systems in general, from a variety of people including Tim May and li'l ol' me. That's been here and on some various newsgroups. ______c_____________________________________________________________________ Mike M Nally * Tiv^H^H^H IBM * Austin TX * pain is inevitable m5@tivoli.com * m101@io.com * <URL:http://www.io.com/~m101> * suffering is optional