At 10:59 PM -0500 11/12/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
[Got a note from a longtime Hill observer on CDT and their "harmful to minors" compromise. --Declan]
Will you give this up aleady? What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish?
I remember a press conference, or a briefing, on the Hill in which White, AOL, ISA, CDT, et. al. were promoting the measure very heavily. Jerry spoke out strongly in favor of it.
This briefing was NOT about the "white compromise", it was about the Cox-Wyden "Internet Freedom and Family Empowerment Act" in July of 1995. As you may recall, the Cox-Wyden bill, which passed the house 420-4, prohibited the gvt from imposing content regulations on the Net. CDT did indeed strongly support the Cox-Wyden bill. The "White Compromise" was brought together and offered at the 11th hour of the conference committee negotiations in December of 1995. There was never a press conference about it. And, for the record, CDT's policy post about the White bill can be found at http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp311204.html
Memories in Washington are short, and distortions are the currency of the realm.
Unfortunately, so is forwarding completely false and misleading information Declan. This is just so foolish. Jonah * Value Your Privacy? The Government Doesn't. Say 'No' to Key Escrow! * Adopt Your Legislator - http://www.crypto.com/adopt -- Jonah Seiger, Communications Director (v) +1.202.637.9800 Center for Democracy and Technology pager: +1.202.859.2151 <jseiger@cdt.org> http://www.cdt.org PGP Key via finger http://www.cdt.org/homes/jseiger/