The bookburning begins...

Trei, Peter ptrei at rsasecurity.com
Tue Nov 20 07:56:02 PST 2001


My favorite sentence from the  referenced article is:

:"We have to get away from the ethos that knowledge is good,
knowledge should be publicly available, that information
will liberate us," said University of Pennsylvania
bioethicist Arthur Caplan."

> F. Marc de Piolenc[SMTP:piolenc at mozcom.com] writes:
> 
> In another life, I sell technical documents, so I monitor bookseller
> lists. This could interest cypherpunks.
> 
> Presumably, the reports to be destroyed include everything to do with
> crypto. 
> 
> If I had the money, I would zip over to the States, visit my favorite
> depository library (where the librarians know me and are certain to be
> as disgusted by this as I am) and offer to relieve them of anything that
> can no longer appear on their shelves. Fill a container with "waste
> paper and microfilm" and send it over here.
> 
> Dream on, Marc...
> 
> Marc de Piolenc
> Philippines
> 
> Message: 23
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:21:10 -0600 (CST)
> From: Jonathan Grobe <grobe at netins.net>
> To: insider at lists.bookfinder.com
> Subject: [BI] Goverment asking libraries to destroy government reports
> 
> Not only is the government removing much material from its websites it
> is 
> also asking depository libraries (which are sent government reports
> free) to remove and destroy many government reports--because of 
> the recent terrorist incidents.
> 
> Any comments? Any bookdealers destroying books which they think might be 
> useful to terrorists?
> 
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-111801inform.story
> 
> Jonathan Grobe
> 
> 





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