Re: CDT and the Threat of Gov't Intervention
At 12:46 AM 12/3/97 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Besides demonstrating that cyberporn is a topic that will never disappear, the Kids and the Net summit has highlighted the tensions between the different types of Net-advocacy groups here in Washington.
I'm sure the Feds are happy that their Good Cop (Clinton) / Bad Cop (Freeh) routine is having the divisive effect they planned, and making sacrifices seem acceptable. ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig@otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu Information is a dense, colorless, odorless material readily transmitted across empty space and arbitrary boundaries by shaking charged particles.
At 12:56 PM 12/3/97 -0700, Tim May wrote:
And there are some who want "mislabelling" made a crime. Thus, if I claim that my site and my words are suitable for children, and someone (like Janet Reno) disagrees, I could be charged with "misrepresentation."
To pluck that string, I'm occasionally developing an essay which teaches kids about encryption.. building up to strong product-ciphers by exploring what you can do with iterating simple operations, and how they affect the data. At the end of the lesson they learn that giving this document to a foreign-born friend would make them ITAR criminals. Subversive online cypherpunk comic books? If I could draw. ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig@otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu Information is a dense, colorless, odorless material readily transmitted across empty space and arbitrary boundaries by shaking charged particles.
David Honig wrote:
At 12:56 PM 12/3/97 -0700, Tim May wrote:
And there are some who want "mislabelling" made a crime. Thus, if I claim that my site and my words are suitable for children, and someone (like Janet Reno) disagrees, I could be charged with "misrepresentation."
To pluck that string, I'm occasionally developing an essay which teaches kids about encryption.. building up to strong product-ciphers by exploring what you can do with iterating simple operations, and how they affect the data. At the end of the lesson they learn that giving this document to a foreign-born friend would make them ITAR criminals.
I hear it's not ITAR anymore. Now it's an EAR violation. Of course, ITAR was more fun. If you violated that law under ITAR you can proudly wear the title of International Arms Trafficker.
Subversive online cypherpunk comic books? If I could draw.
Get your Ultra-Top-Secret 1024-bit Decoder Ring kiddies! -- KORO
At 12:56 -0700 12/3/97, Tim May wrote:
This is a wedge to demolish free speech, this "accuracy in labelling" business. Religions could be forced to "accurately label" their messages. Speech could be shut down while courts debate whether "misrepresentation" occurred. As the saying goes, "What is truth?"
[BTW, I recommend "Rationales and Rationalizations: Regulating the
Electronic Media," which Bob edited. --Declan]
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Subject: RE: FC: Mandatory vs. Voluntary Ratings,
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 7:24:07 -0500
From: "Robert L. Corn-Revere"
participants (3)
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David Honig
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Declan McCullagh
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Koro