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1997-11-19 - Re: Report on UN conference on Internet and racism

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
To: Declan McCullagh <aleph@cco.caltech.edu>
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Reply To: <3.0.3.32.19971118163834.00ca77e0@pop-server.caltech.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1997-11-19 04:34:26 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 12:34:26 +0800

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 12:34:26 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <aleph@cco.caltech.edu>
Subject: Re: Report on UN conference on Internet and racism
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At 7:54 PM -0700 11/18/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>Sorry. I was unclear. I was comparing U.S. citizens with citizens of
>another country who are living in that country.
>
>If a U.S. citizen living in the U.S. is running an ISP, I would argue from
>principle that he has a right to distribute writings (I like Jeanne's
>bookstore analogy) penned by citizens of another country.

 This is a slam dunk truth. This is black letter law.

I'm surprised this is even being debated.

"Congress shall make no law.." does not mean that government gets to ban
sales and distritution of works by Tolstoy, Zola, Stendahl, Marx, and so on.

Get real.

--Tim May

The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
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