Ira Magaziner: FREE Internet

Fri Dec 6 02:22:10 PST 1996

Yeah, I read the report from Magaziner's task force. Don't be taken in by 
the CNN story. The news on crypto is not as good as it sounds; far from 
it.

Hold the applause. Read  the report for yourself.

-Declan
(Jacking in from Kuala Lumpur.)

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 attila at primenet.com wrote:

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>     Just posted an hour ago on CNN
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>     I don't believe it! Ira Magaziner's interagency task for recommended
>     that the Internet be a free zone, duty free, and to try and persuade
>     all countries not to limit speech, encryption, etc.  two days in a 
>     row: first the SPA changed course and really balked, and now this 
>     from an ultra-liberal!  maybe there is such a thing as a spark of
>     freedom in the gathering darkness!
>  
> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9612/05/clinton.internet.reut/index.html"> 
> Ira Magaziner Task force recommends Free Zone Internet </a>
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>     ===CNN post follows===
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> <html><head><title> Magaziner recommends Free Internet </a></title></head>
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> <H1>Clinton advisers urge free market approach for Internet</H1>
> December 5, 1996<BR>
> Web posted at: 10:30 p.m. EST
> 
> <P>
> WASHINGTON (Reuter) -- The Internet could provide a huge
> boost to the U.S. economy if the federal government pursues
> "free market" policies in cyberspace, a group of President
> Clinton's top advisers said in a draft report obtained by
> Reuters.<P>
> 
> The group, an interagency task force headed by senior
> presidential adviser Ira Magaziner, recommended the
> administration work globally to protect the Internet from new
> taxes, censorship and other onerous forms of regulation.<P>
> 
> After seven months of deliberations, the task force is
> preparing to issue for public comment a report of principles and
> policies the Unites States should pursue, Magaziner said in an
> interview. <P>
> 
> "One of the things we're trying to do with this paper is as
> much say what government should not do as say what they should
> do," Magaziner said."A lot of what industry is concerned
> about is that governments are already beginning to take actions
> around the world that would inhibit commerce."<P>
> 
> The growth of Internet commerce could help boost U.S.
> exports of everything from movies and news to software and
> consulting services. Exports of such products totaled $40
> billion in 1995, the draft report noted.<P>
> 
> The idea is to hitch U.S. exports to the speeding Internet
> commerce train. Sales of goods and services online are projected
> to grow to $7 billion in the year 2000, from about $1 billion
> this year, according to market researchers at Jupiter
> Communications.<P>
> 
> "Companies have told us there would be a tremendous
> potential to increase world trade across the Internet if we
> could provide the right kind of environment," Magaziner said.<P>
> 
> The draft report, called "A Framework for Global Electronic
> Commerce," covers nine issues, from taxation and customs to
> privacy and security. <P>
> 
> On taxation, the draft report echoes a report issued by the
> Treasury Department last month by stating no new taxes should be
> imposed. Acting through the World Trade Organization,the United
> States should push for the Internet to be designated a duty-free
> zone, the draft said.<P>
> 
> Some consumers worry their privacy will be violated
> when they shop online. he report said governments should push
> vendors to disclose what will be done with information about
> consumers rather than dictate to merchants what they can or
> cannot do with the data. <P>
> 
> On some issues, such as encryption -- encoding information
> in a scrambled format to provide a measure of security or
> privacy -- existing administration policies may be seen as
> conflicting with the free market approach of the draft report.
> <P>
> 
> Copyright 1996 
> <a href="http:/www.ccn.com/interactive_legal.html#Reuters">
> Reuters Limited </a>. All rights reserved.
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// declan at eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan at well.com //