At 11:16 AM -0700 7/16/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
As for Lucky's point #2 -- Yes, I've read drafts of bills that would make it a Federal crime to misrate. --Declan
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Lucky Green wrote:
2) If the tags are not signed by a CA. What is someone to prevent from labeling the NAMBLA monthly site, "government authorized news site, suitable for all ages"? Just as the various GAK proposals do not make sense unless GAK is mandatory, online rating systems do not make sense unless "misslabeling" sites will become a felony.
What does misrate mean. My approach would be to rate everything of mine as max-bad. Is that misrating because some of what I say is suitable for children? It certainly would not help the people who are using the ratings to find porn. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | The Internet was designed | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | to protect the free world | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | from hostile governments. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA