Washington Times: "FCC wants to extend V chip to computers"
Front page: "Not content to monitor the progrom on your television set, the FCC now wants to install a vchip in your personal computer -- a move that could extend the agency's reach into cyberspace... "Lawmakers said the vchip law was intended only for TV sets..." "Some question whether this will lead to FCC regulation of the Internet..." Dave Banisar, Rep. Tauzin, Ed Black make appearances. -Declan
At 4:34 AM -0700 11/3/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Front page:
"Not content to monitor the progrom on your television set, the FCC now
Progrom? This could mean either "program" or "pogrom." Or both. So "progrom" is apt. Declan has coined a neologism. --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
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