From: “James M. Cobb” <jcobb@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>
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From: "James M. Cobb" <jcobb@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 09:37:56 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Going, Going, Gone With the Flow
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Friend,
A 02 02 96 Boston Globe newsstory
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GOVERNMENTS MOVE TO LIMIT FREE FLOW OF THE INTERNET
datelined
(Feb 2, 1996 00:17 a.m. EST)
reports:
...the Internet is slowly being colonized.
Colonized?
Governments around the world -- from Germany to Iran to
Singapore -- are moving to limit Internet access for their
citizens....
Oh I see. Colonized by parasites.
This move to cordon off the Internet into private plots --
some call it digital Balkanization -- is seen by experts as
one of the most profound changes since the global network
emerged as a commercial medium in 1991.
S-s-h-h. The experts speak!
Many Internet specialists say it marks the shift...to [a
"network"] where users are building nation states, an evo-
lution that they say will lead to the Internet's ultimate
success as a commercial and communication platform.
S-s-h-h! The specialists have spoken.
Earlier this week, Federico Mayor, the director of UNESCO,
an arm of the United Nations, called for the drafting of a
global agreement that would help protect rights in cyber-
space.
Mais oui.
Cordially,
Jim
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