Since the Supreme Court said the online world should be as free as print, and no self-labeling system exists for magazines or newspapers, why should the Net be any different? I don't believe that a self-rating system is either practical or desirable. Enactment of any laws to put teeth into Internet self-ratings will almost certainly run afoul of Constitutional challenges, and without such laws compliance and thus widespread acceptance is unlikely. Quite full of youself, aren't you Mr. Barr? I have no doubt that the definition of what qualifies as a bona fide news organization is in the eye of the beholder. I certainly would not class CNET with any of the major US newspapers, magazines nor the WSJ. Be careful where you tread, lest CNET and other Internet Content Coalition members be judged as relatively no more than garage-shop operations unworthy of the protections you so clearly covet. --Steve PGP mail preferred, see http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html RSA PGP Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear (N7ZEZ) | Internet: azur@netcom.com 7075 West Gowan Road | Voice: 1-702-658-2654 Suite 2148 | Fax: 1-702-658-2673 Las Vegas, NV 89129 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------