At 04:40 PM 5/6/96 EDT, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:

In other words, the CyberAngels want to eliminate any pages that contain material they think minors shouldn't see that aren't self-rated with a PICS self-rating (the first of the three types) intended to block minors from seeing it. Yes, this is an abuse of the market oriented variety of PICS; they obviously don't know and/or don't care. If you want to convince them otherwise, start cc:ing your messages (and forwarding mine, on this I give you permission) on PICS and the CyberAngels to angels@wavenet.com.

I didn't see the cyberangel proposal, but how is this an abuse? Regardless, it's a waste of time, browsers will have the option of "If not PICS labled, don't return." They're better off advising people to flip that switch if this is such a big concern. _______________________ 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