1997-07-16 - Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News

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From: “William H. Geiger III” <whgiii@amaranth.com>
To: Lucky Green <cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 5df43d6437f14d2fa03e6588688428e1a9803a37874ca511b4df2f4f6cbccee7
Message ID: <199707162038.PAA26638@mailhub.amaranth.com>
Reply To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970716111552.13849C-100000@well.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-16 21:11:26 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 05:11:26 +0800

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From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 05:11:26 +0800
To: Lucky Green <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News
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In <Pine.GSO.3.95.970716111552.13849C-100000@well.com>, on 07/16/97
   at 11:16 AM, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> said:

>As for Lucky's point #2 -- Yes, I've read drafts of bills that would make
>it a Federal crime to misrate. --Declan

This doesn't sound like the "voluntary" system that the "news" media has
been advertising.

Perhaps they were too busy peddling Toilet Paper & Tampons to report the
most important part of the story: "Clinton Administration wants Mandatory
Rating System for the Internet".

The mechanics of RSACi are really secondary to the fact that the FEDS want
to force them on us.

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