Now *this* should be fun. Someone who claims to be a cypherpunk is now going to call the copyright police on a non-profit, volunteer news list. Cryptoanarchy indeed. The ganglia twitch. When the going gets tough, the "tough" rat out the innocent, it appears... Cheers, Bob Hettinga --- begin forwarded text From: Information Security <guy@panix.com> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 14:56:55 -0500 (EST) To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net Subject: Re: A question about the new ISP ruling and email... Sender: owner-cypherpunks@cyberpass.net Precedence: first-class Reply-To: Information Security <guy@panix.com> X-Loop: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net

From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>

Hi,

I was pondering the draconian implications of the requirement to register ISP's. Would an email only site be an ISP under these regulations?

I dunno. But I've begun netcopping the Ignition-Point list on an ongoing basis (starting Friday), and they'll be an interesting test case of whether what they're doing is "fair use". Pobox.com/listbox.com is reluctantly assigning a person to receive (my) copyright complaints, and will register themselves with the FCO. I like to post whole articles myself. Anyway, for a test case, better them than me. ---guy ;-) --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'