From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 19:25:58 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Protocols at the Point of a Gun
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At 01:33 PM 4/12/96 -0500, Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net> wrote:
>Actually, I expect configurations like yours to become more widespread
>in the near future.  There are a lot of cable-modem designs that
>basically put an ethernet port on your cable box. 

This leads to the paradoxical situation where your cable TV company
can deliver you motion picture images of sex and nudity on the TV channel,
but it's highly illegal for them to send you the same material as data....
#					Thanks;  Bill
# Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, +1-415-442-2215