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The New York Times, December 29, 1995, pp. A1, D4.

On-Line Service Blocks Access To Topics Called Pornographic

Complaint by Germany Has Worldwide Impact

By John Markoff

[big snip]

"In the future, every Internet operator will be subject to local laws," said Eric Schmidt, chief technology officer for Sun Microsystems Inc., a Mountain View, Calif., computer maker. "And software will be developed to provide the appropriate local censorship."

Ick. There's some truth in the first quoted sentence, but I fail to see any censorship as "appropriate". Does Mr. Schmidt swing much weight in Sun's policy department? - -- Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@cybrspc.mn.org PGP Public Key fingerprint = 31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54 13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6 Key available from pubkey@cybrspc.mn.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMORMg2Cl9Uka85MxAQErqgf/Wx/Ai7EUSv1QpipAAtsEDLbos/aH+INT mA8+hF6PIyONHjwxsz24L5+c7ZcmiwshmH4pJpI/l1b9H9Wz/O/aKG+QqOr7hTtY By/yU2M5s9y7ZJ1rn4coasx/J4ar/SNLgxFNPV+buL5v3UFLzmmUwWzryCH6pIkB 5PShfQ1BqD7MI4juwKjWGw+fgZraJfScb2zKYk01E6brFPObNGdMAZ0P8lFqtkub VdYyAneCtc+F6xeU5lRSGhysJWE+PwkwgKKhQX6h1zwMlhLQXX5t1kSnsezzqPzZ /C+Bgt2BGQYPoDH9Gpc8GXQENpDRx3Lh8dhlNDlNAEDxKva03Ij30A== =RLCm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----