At 05:25 PM 5/9/96 EDT, you wrote:
The following may give an example of how companies and governments want PICS to be used, instead of how it should be used (market-based ratings not for censorship).
It is _very_ confusing to follow though.
CompuServe, Microsoft, Prodigy and Netscape Communications will soon give their customers software enabling them to block access to material they judge objectionable on the Internet's Worldwide Web.
Consider that Compuserve had a deal with SurfWatch, which was incorporated in it "Internet" in a box, with a lot of Spry goodies. Now Surfwatch has been purchased by Spyglass (a competitor or Spry). Also, Compuserve offers RSACi services through CyberPatrols RSACi compliance (got some weird derivitive and cross-liscencing works going on here!) and urges its users and 3rd party people to use RSACi... _______________________ Regards, Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words. -Spinoza Joseph Reagle http://farnsworth.mit.edu/~reagle/home.html reagle@mit.edu E0 D5 B2 05 B6 12 DA 65 BE 4D E3 C1 6A 66 25 4E