From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 15:56:27 +0800
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Gore Commission wants to regulate the Net like broadcast
In-Reply-To: <v03102802b0eca2f84a96@[207.167.93.63]>
Message-ID: <199801220801.DAA29674@users.invweb.net>
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In <v03102802b0eca2f84a96@[207.167.93.63]>, on 01/21/98 
   at 11:26 PM, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> said:

>(Which is why I would look for signs that Congress will seek to make ISPs
>responsible for political speech, a la the Chinese actions. Not this
>year, not next, but someday. Except it won't be explicitly a law about
>political speech, it'll be something about dangerous information, safety
>of the children, etc.)

I wouldn't be suprised if you start seeing ISP's closely monitoring the
activity of it's users RSN. I would imagine all it will take is the SPA or
COS bringing a few ISP up on criminal charges under the new Copyright laws
as accesories (or co-conspiritors). A couple of "show trials" and the rest
will toe the mark.

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