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1997-07-17 - Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
To: Declan McCullagh <shamrock@netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-07-17 07:28:23 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 15:28:23 +0800

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 15:28:23 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <shamrock@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News
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At 11:16 AM -0700 7/16/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>As for Lucky's point #2 -- Yes, I've read drafts of bills that would make
>it a Federal crime to misrate. --Declan
>
>On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Lucky Green wrote:
>> 2) If the tags are not signed by a CA.
>> What is someone to prevent from labeling the NAMBLA monthly site,
>> "government authorized news site, suitable for all ages"? Just as the
>> various GAK proposals do not make sense unless GAK is mandatory, online
>> rating systems do not make sense unless "misslabeling" sites will become a
>> felony.

What does misrate mean.  My approach would be to rate everything of mine as
max-bad.  Is that misrating because some of what I say is suitable for
children?  It certainly would not help the people who are using the ratings
to find porn.


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