From: Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>
To: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-16 01:30:08 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 09:30:08 +0800
From: Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 09:30:08 +0800
To: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
Subject: Re: Some thoughts on the Chinese Net
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On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Carl Ellison wrote:
> At 12:31 2/15/96, Jon Lasser wrote:
> >So it seems that, in general, the Chinese supression of the net is
> >possible. A frightening thought. Or, if you think about potential
> >implications 10 yrs down the road here, a sobering thought.
>
> Hold on..
>
> Assuming we really believe the net is a good thing, if the Chinese block
> it, they're hurting themselves. We don't need to get bent out of shape.
> They could as easily refuse to connect to the rest of the world.
[...]
> All we have to be sure of is that we don't let the Chinese dictate to us
> what content we can provide. It's like the CDA. The Chinese might choose to
> implement a nation-wide SurfWatch at all connection points at its borders.
>
> ...their problem, IMHO....
Not if it's just a proof-of-concept for US implementation of the same.
The US version might be ostensibly only "anti-indecency" or
"anti-cryptography," but I'm betting that if the Chinese are successful,
many other nations follow.
It's the naval blockade to JPB's Independant Cyberspace. And I think JPB
is... a little overoptimistic this time... but I still don't like the
blockade.
Jon
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