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- EFFector Online Volume 08 No. 08 June 9, 1995 editors@eff.org
- A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424
-
- IN THIS ISSUE:
-
- ALERT: 4 Internet Censorship Bills - Time Is Running out!
- The Latest News
- What You Can Do Now -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens
- Senate Contact List
- For More Information
- Newsbytes
- New Draft of Comm. Decency Bill - Update
- The Other Side of the Coin: Feinstein Bill v. Bomb Material Online - Update
- Sen. Coats Gets in on the Act, Sen. Lott Takes a Bow
- Dole/Grassley Legislation No Longer a Draft - Introduced as S.892
- Errata
- Calendar of Events
- Quote of the Week
- What YOU Can Do
- Administrivia
-
- * See http://www.eff.org/Alerts/ or ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/ for more
- information on current EFF activities and online activism alerts! *
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Subject: ALERT: 4 Internet Censorship Bills - Time Is Running out!
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- As you'll see in this issues' Newsbytes section, the Senate has shown its
- willingness to pass unconstitutional bills that threaten YOUR privacy
- and freedom of speech. There are four more such efforts under
- consideration now. Please act immediately on the action alert below.
- You may be comforted by the idea that you don't need to act, because the
- Supreme Court will overturn all of this stuff. Don't be fooled. The
- Supreme Court *might* do that, if it's in a receptive mood and if anyone has
- several million dollars to throw away pushing a test case through many years
- of legal battles. In the interim, the Internet as we know it in the US will
- cease to exist, replaced by a national censorship network, while innocent
- parties will be fined and imprisoned for "harassing" and "profane" material
- they did not create. If this sounds like a regime you'd be uncomfortable
- living under, please, take the few minutes it will require to phone or
- fax your Senator, or (if not a US citizen) the Vice-President, who is
- also the President of the US Senate.
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE EXON/GORTON COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
-
- Update: -Senate currently considering four Internet censorship
- bills. You need to act now.
- -What You Can Do Now (US and non-US citizens)
-
- CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
- June 8, 1995
-
- PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT
- REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL June 25, 1995
- REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS
-
- Distributed by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw@vtw.org)
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- CONTENTS
- The Latest News
- What You Can Do Now -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens
- Senate Contact List
- For More Information
- List Of Participating Organizations
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- [Note that this week is going to be a stressful one, as the Telecomm
- Reform bill is on the Senate floor and things are moving *very quickly*.
- We're trying very hard to minimize the numbers of letters we send out,
- and the size of the alerts.
-
- If you feel they're coming too fast and are thinking about unsubscribing,
- please consider waiting until the end of next week, when the traffic
- will die down again. -Shabbir]
-
- THE LATEST NEWS
-
- First there was the Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship bill. Then, there
- was the Dole/Grassley bill, which would criminalize "profane" speech
- among other things. Then came the Lott amendment, which would make
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs) liable for the traffic of their
- users. Now, Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) has announced his intention to
- introduce his very own legislation. Since obscenity is already
- illegal, it's unclear what benefits Coats' legislation will bring.
-
- However given the tradition of the Senate's attempts at restricting the
- Internet (Exon/Gorton, Feinstein, Dole/Grassley, and Lott) it's
- becoming clear that few people are taking the First Amendment into
- account when drafting their legislation.
-
- As you read this, the Telecommunications Reform bill is being debated
- on the Senate floor. The Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship language
- is *in that bill*.
-
- If the net as a whole doesn't do anything, the Exon bill will become
- a reality.
-
- Even if it's found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court several years
- from now, the damage it will do in terms of BBS seizures and chilling
- speech in the meantime will make online systems a very different and
- sad place.
-
- A few days ago we put out an alert asking people to call Congress and
- Vice President Gore. This generated significant support and we've
- even seen Senator's offices take notice of the fact that lots of computer-
- literate individuals are calling to point out the problems with the
- Exon/Gorton bill.
-
- If you already called, *thank you*. Your comments warmed the hearts of
- several of us, who have been swamped trying to process all the mail
- you sent. You have done your country proud. Just as heart-warming
- have been the letters from those abroad, who took the time to email
- (and even call!) Vice President Gore. We hope we can return the
- favor somehow someday.
-
- However, many of us have not called or faxed. If you haven't done so
- yet, take a moment to do that now. Make your voice heard in
- Washington. Remind the Senate, which is paying more attention now to
- voters than it has in several years, that you care about this new
- medium that enables us to communicate in such an unprecedented
- many-to-many fashion. Demand the *exact same* rights and
- responsibilities for speech in the digital world as we expect in
- print media, no more, no less.
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens
-
- The Telecomm Reform Bill currently includes the Exon/Gorton Internet
- Censorship bill. Leahy intends to offer a swap, to remove the Exon
- language in exchange for his bill which advocates a study of the issue,
- with an emphasis on the preservation of the First Amendment and
- parental control. The other proposals could become involved as well.
-
- It is essential that the Leahy language be substituted for Exon's, and
- therefore it is essential:
-
- 1. That all citizens call or fax their Senators as soon as possible.
- There is no time for written letters and email is too easily
- discounted or ignored. Non-U.S. citizens should contact Vice
- President Gore. Note, if you decide to send a fax, you'll want to
- write an expanded version of the statement below.
-
- It's very important that you always be cool, collected, and polite.
-
- U.S. citizens:
- <call your Senators' offices, contact info below>
- "Hello, Senator ________'s office"
- "Hi, I'm a constituent and would like to register my
- opinion on the Telecommunications Reform bill to the
- Senator. May I please speak to the technology staffer,
- _________?"
- "Hold On please. Alright, go ahead."
-
- "Please oppose the Exon/Gorton bill (Title 4 of the Telecomm
- bill) and other bills for censoring the Internet. Please
- support the Leahy alternative (S714) which examines these
- issues. My name and address are ________."
-
- "Thanks for calling."
- <click>
-
- Non-U.S. citizens:
- <call, fax, or send email to Vice President Gore>
- "Dear Vice President Gore,
-
- The world looks to the United States as one of the leaders in
- developing a Global Information Infrastructure. Title 4 of
- the Telecomm Reform bill and other Internet censorship bills
- imperil that leadership. Please work to remove them from the
- Telecomm Reform bill (S652) and support Senator Leahy's
- sensible alternative (S714). I'm calling from ____________."
-
-
- 2. Send VTW a note telling us what you did. If you contacted your two
- Senators, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of
- "XX ack" where "XX" is your state. For example:
-
- To: vtw@vtw.org
- Subject: OH ack
-
- I called my Ohio Senators and expressed my opinion.
-
- If you contact Senators outside your state, please let us know what
- state you're from.
-
- If you contacted Vice President Gore, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with
- a subject line of "gore ack". For example:
-
- To: vtw@vtw.org
- Subject: gore ack
-
- I called VP Gore and expressed my opinion. I'm from France.
-
- An automatic responder will return an updated contact tally.
-
- 3. Forward this alert to relevant forums on other online services and
- BBS's. Check the letter you get back to see which Senators are
- underrepresented by citizen contacts. Forward the Alert to any
- friends and colleagues in those states.
-
- 4. If you haven't yet signed the petition to support Sen. Leahy,
- do so now at http://www.cdt.org/petition.html. If you don't have
- WWW access, send mail to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of
- "send petition" for directions.
-
- 5. Congratulate yourself! Your two-minute activism joins that of many
- thousands of others over the past two months.
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- SENATE CONTACT LIST
-
- Vice President Gore can be reached at:
-
- White House comment line
- Telephone: (202) 456-1111 (M-F 9-5 EST)
- Facsimile: (202) 456-2461 (M-F 9-5 EST)
- Email: vice-president@whitehouse.gov
-
-
- *** Note that we have included names of the several Senators ***
- *** Telecommunications Policy staffers below. Please attempt ***
- *** to speak to them when you call. ***
-
- US Senate Listing:
-
- D ST Name (Party) Phone Fax
- = == ============ ===== ===
- R AK Murkowski, Frank H. 1-202-224-6665 1-202-224-5301
- R AK Stevens, Ted 1-202-224-3004 1-202-224-1044
- Earl Comstock - Technology staffer
- D AL Heflin, Howell T. 1-202-224-4124 1-202-224-3149
- R AL Shelby, Richard C. 1-202-224-5744 1-202-224-3416
- D AR Bumpers, Dale 1-202-224-4843 1-202-224-6435
- Thomas Walls - Technology staffer
- D AR Pryor, David 1-202-224-2353 1-202-224-8261
- R AZ Kyl, Jon 1-202-224-4521 1-602-840-4848
- R AZ McCain, John 1-202-224-2235 1-602-952-8702
- Mark Buse - Technology staffer
- D CA Boxer, Barbara 1-202-224-3553 na
- Leanne Shimabukuro - Technology staffer
- D CA Feinstein, Dianne 1-202-224-3841 1-202-228-3954
- Robert Mestman - Technology staffer
- D CO Campbell, Ben N. 1-202-224-5852 1-202-225-0228
- Lori Fox - Technology staffer
- R CO Brown, Henry 1-202-224-5941 1-202-224-6471
- Liz Woodard - Technology staffer
- D CT Dodd, Christopher J. 1-202-224-2823 na
- D CT Lieberman, Joseph I. 1-202-224-4041 1-202-224-9750
- D DE Biden Jr., Joseph R. 1-202-224-5042 1-202-224-0139
- Demetra Lambros/Michelle Deguerin - Technology staffer
- R DE Roth Jr. William V. 1-202-224-2441 1-202-224-2805
- D FL Graham, Robert 1-202-224-3041 1-202-224-2237
- R FL Mack, Connie 1-202-224-5274 1-202-224-8022
- Victoria Anderson - Technology staffer
- D GA Nunn, Samuel 1-202-224-3521 1-202-224-0072
- Jonathan Reif - Technology staffer
- R GA Coverdell, Paul 1-202-224-3643 1-202-228-3783
- Therese Marie Delgadillo - Technology staffer
- D HI Akaka, Daniel K. 1-202-224-6361 1-202-224-2126
- Nanci Langley - Technology staffer
- D HI Inouye, Daniel K. 1-202-224-3934 1-202-224-6747
- Margaret Cummisky - Technology staffer
- D IA Harkin, Thomas 1-202-224-3254 1-202-224-7431
- Phil Buchan - Technology staffer
- R IA Grassley, Charles E. 1-202-224-3744 1-202-224-6020
- John McNickle - Technology staffer
- R ID Craig, Larry E. 1-202-224-2752 1-202-224-2573
- Elizabeth Criner - Technology staffer
- R ID Kempthorne, Dirk 1-202-224-6142 1-202-224-5893
- D IL Moseley-Braun, Carol 1-202-224-2854 1-202-224-2626
- Bill Mattea - Technology staffer
- D IL Simon, Paul 1-202-224-2152 1-202-224-0868
- Susan Kaplan - Technology staffer
- R IN Coats, Daniel R. 1-202-224-5623 1-202-224-8964
- David Crane - Technology staffer
- R IN Lugar, Richard G. 1-202-224-4814 1-202-224-7877
- Walt Luken - Technology staffer
- R KS Dole, Robert 1-202-224-6521 1-202-224-8952
- R KS Kassebaum, Nancy L. 1-202-224-4774 1-202-224-3514
- Ed Bolen - Technology staffer
- D KY Ford, Wendell H. 1-202-224-4343 1-202-224-0046
- Martha Maloney - Technology staffer
- R KY McConnell, Mitch 1-202-224-2541 1-202-224-2499
- D LA Breaux, John B. 1-202-224-4623 na
- Thomas Moore - Technology staffer
- D LA Johnston, J. Bennett 1-202-224-5824 1-202-224-2952
- Michael Gougisha - Technology staffer
- D MA Kennedy, Edward M. 1-202-224-4543 1-202-224-2417
- Jeff Blattner - Technology staffer
- D MA Kerry, John F. 1-202-224-2742 1-202-224-8525
- Scott Bunton - Technology staffer
- D MD Mikulski, Barbara A. 1-202-224-4654 1-202-224-8858
- D MD Sarbanes, Paul S. 1-202-224-4524 1-202-224-1651
- Fred Millhiser - Technology staffer
- R ME Snowe, Olympia 1-202-224-5344 1-202-224-6853
- Angela Campbell - Technology staffer
- R ME Cohen, William S. 1-202-224-2523 1-202-224-2693
- Kelly Metcalf - Technology staffer
- D MI Levin, Carl 1-202-224-6221 na
- R MI Abraham, Spencer 1-202-224-4822 1-202-224-8834
- D MN Wellstone, Paul 1-202-224-5641 1-202-224-8438
- Mike Epstein - Technology staffer
- R MN Grams, Rod 1-202-224-3244 na
- R MO Bond, Christopher S. 1-202-224-5721 1-202-224-8149
- R MO Ashcroft, John 1-202-224-6154 na
- R MS Cochran, Thad 1-202-224-5054 1-202-224-3576
- R MS Lott, Trent 1-202-224-6253 1-202-224-2262
- Chip Pickering - Technology staffer
- D MT Baucus, Max 1-202-224-2651 na
- Brian Cavey - Technology staffer
- R MT Burns, Conrad R. 1-202-224-2644 1-202-224-8594
- Mark Baker - Technology staffer
- R NC Faircloth, D. M. 1-202-224-3154 1-202-224-7406
- R NC Helms, Jesse 1-202-224-6342 1-202-224-7588
- D ND Conrad, Kent 1-202-224-2043 1-202-224-7776
- Steve Super - Technology staffer
- D ND Dorgan, Byron L. 1-202-224-2551 1-202-224-1193
- Greg Rhode - Technology staffer
- D NE Exon, J. J. 1-202-224-4224 1-202-224-5213
- Christopher MacLean - Technology staffer
- D NE Kerrey, Bob 1-202-224-6551 1-202-224-7645
- Carol Ann Bischoff - Technology staffer
- R NH Gregg, Judd 1-202-224-3324 1-202-224-4952
- R NH Smith, Robert 1-202-224-2841 1-202-224-1353
- D NJ Bradley, William 1-202-224-3224 1-202-224-8567
- Mark Schmitt - Technology staffer
- D NJ Lautenberg, Frank R. 1-202-224-4744 1-202-224-9707
- Bruce King - Technology staffer
- D NM Bingaman, Jeff 1-202-224-5521 na
- Wayne Propst - Technology staffer
- R NM Domenici, Pete V. 1-202-224-6621 1-202-224-7371
- D NV Bryan, Richard H. 1-202-224-6244 1-202-224-1867
- Andrew Vermilye - Technology staffer
- D NV Reid, Harry 1-202-224-3542 1-202-224-7327
- D NY Moynihan, Daniel P. 1-202-224-4451 na
- R NY D'Amato, Alfonse M. 1-202-224-6542 1-202-224-5871
- Kraig Siracuse - Technology staffer
- D OH Glenn, John 1-202-224-3353 1-202-224-7983
- Susan Palmer - Technology staffer
- R OH Dewine, Michael 1-202-224-2315 1-202-224-6519
- Josh Ruben - Technology staffer
- R OK Inhofe, James 1-202-224-4721
- R OK Nickles, Donald 1-202-224-5754 1-202-224-6008
- R OR Hatfield, Mark O. 1-202-224-3753 1-202-224-0276
- R OR Packwood, Robert 1-202-224-5244 1-202-228-3576
- Hans Haney - Technology staffer
- R PA Santorum, Rick 1-202-224-6324 1-202-228-4991
- R PA Specter, Arlen 1-202-224-4254 na
- Dan Renberg - Technology staffer
- D RI Pell, Claiborne 1-202-224-4642 1-202-224-4680
- R RI Chafee, John H. 1-202-224-2921 na
- D SC Hollings, Ernest F. 1-202-224-6121 1-202-224-4293
- Kevin Josephs - Technology staffer
- R SC Thurmond, Strom 1-202-224-5972 1-202-224-1300
- D SD Daschle, Thomas A. 1-202-224-2321 1-202-224-2047
- R SD Pressler, Larry 1-202-224-5842 1-202-224-1259*
- Katie King - Technology staffer
- R TN Thompson, Fred 1-202-224-4944 1-202-228-3679
- Kevin Moxley - Technology staffer
- R TN Frist, Bill 1-202-224-3344 1-202-224-8062
- Dave Berson - Technology staffer
- R TX Hutchison, Kay Bailey 1-202-224-5922 1-202-224-0776
- Amy Henderson - Technology staffer
- R TX Gramm, Phil 1-202-224-2934 1-202-228-2856
- R UT Bennett, Robert 1-202-224-5444 1-202-224-6717
- Amy Henderson - Technology staffer
- R UT Hatch, Orrin G. 1-202-224-5251 1-202-224-6331
- Mike O'Neill - Technology staffer
- D VA Robb, Charles S. 1-202-224-4024 1-202-224-8689
- Bill Owens - Technology staffer
- R VA Warner, John W. 1-202-224-2023 1-202-224-6295
- Russel Wilkerson - Technology staffer
- D VT Leahy, Patrick J. 1-202-224-4242 1-202-224-3595
- Beryl Howell - Technology staffer
- R VT Jeffords, James M. 1-202-224-5141 na
- Bill Testerman - Technology staffer
- D WA Murray, Patty 1-202-224-2621 1-202-224-0238
- Mike Egan - Technology staffer
- R WA Gorton, Slade 1-202-224-3441 1-202-224-9393
- Terri Claffey - Technology staffer
- D WI Feingold, Russell 1-202-224-5323 na
- Jeannine Kenney - Technology staffer
- D WI Kohl, Herbert H. 1-202-224-5653 1-202-224-9787
- Jon Liebowitz - Technology staffer
- D WV Byrd, Robert C. 1-202-224-3954 1-202-224-4025
- D WV Rockefeller, John D. 1-202-224-6472 na
- Cheryl Bruner - Technology staffer
- R WY Simpson, Alan K. 1-202-224-3424 1-202-224-1315
- Michael Stull - Technology staffer
- R WY Thomas, Craig 1-202-224-6441 1-202-224-3230
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
- FOR MORE INFORMATION
-
- For more information on the Communications Decency Act, visit the
- following resources:
-
- Web Sites
- URL:http://www.panix.com/vtw/exon/
- URL:http://epic.org/
- URL:http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/
- URL:http://www.cdt.org/cda.html
-
- FTP Archives
- URL:ftp://ftp.cdt.org/pub/cdt/policy/freespeech/00-INDEX.FREESPEECH
- URL:ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Alerts/
-
- Gopher Archives:
- URL:gopher://gopher.panix.com/11/vtw/exon
- URL:gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/Alerts
-
- Email:
- vtw@vtw.org (put "send help" in the subject line)
- cda-info@cdt.org (General CDA information)
- cda-stat@cdt.org (Current status of the CDA)
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
-
- In order to use the net more effectively, several organizations have
- joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the
- Communications Decency Act.
-
- Please send a message to vtw@vtw.org with "send orgs" in the subject
- line to receive a list of these organizations.
-
- [End Alert]
-
- ------------------------------
-
-
- Subject: Newsbytes
- ------------------
-
- * New Draft of Comm. Decency Bill - Update
-
- As noted last issue, Sen. Exon, the Dept. of Justice, and some unnamed
- online service providers have attempted to fix the "bugs" in the
- Exon/Gorton Communications Decency Act, recently folded into the Senate
- telecom reform bill, S.652. All in all, the amendment fixes only
- superficial problems, leaving the core faults of the bill intact.
- Whether the DoJ or other lobbyists that worked on this draft have
- accepted is has not been confirmed, but Exon has adopted it.
-
- Exon attempted to have his amendment added to the en blac amendments
- (the Chairman's mark) for quick and easy passage, but was headed
- off by Leahy, who objected, putting Exon back in the position of having
- to propose his new language as a separate amendment to be debated and
- voted upon. Senate business concluded around 3pm, and that was that.
- The amendment, and Leahy's alternative, are expected to be debated
- on Mon. or Tue. It will probably be a serious floor battle - the
- unconstitutional provisions of Exon and possibly Coats v. the more
- reasonable and reasoned Leahy bill.
-
- Another source erroneously reported that Exon's language was accepted as an
- amendment to the Senate telecom reform bill by unanimous consent. Senate
- staffers confirm that this did not occur.
-
- The Exon legislation revised by this draft amendment will remain
- unconstitutional, as it still attempts to ban expression protected by the
- First Amendment. Even the regulation of indecency has been limited by
- the courts to very narrowly defined circumstances - none of which apply
- to online media. Additionally, the new version introduces a new problem:
- It protects only large commercial service providers from more-restrictive
- state laws, leaving individuals, schools, non-profits, and other groups
- open targets for state-level censorship.
-
- Why any of this is important: Exon's new revision is more "palatable" to
- some parties. If it is kept out of the bill, it will be easier to defeat
- the Exon language that currently resides in S.652, and have it replaced
- with Leahy's language. If the new draft replaces the old Exon language, it
- will be much more likely to pass and convincing the Senate to exise it in
- favor of Leahy's bill (S.714) will be more difficult.
-
- The draft changes to the Exon bill, showing what was deleted and what was
- added, are available at:
-
- http://www.eff.org/pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s652_051995_amend.draft
- ftp.eff.org, /pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s652_051995_amend.draft
- gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Legislation/Bills_by_number, s652_051995_amend.draft
-
-
- * The Other Side of the Coin: Feinstein Bill v. Bomb Material Online - Update
-
- Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) proposed and got her amendment to the Senate
- Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention bill, S.735, of Sen. Dole. The Feinstein
- provisions "prohibit the dissemination of information on the making of
- explosive materials with intent or knowledge that such information will
- be used for a criminal purpose." Though the legislation does not directly
- mention the Internet, it is certainly drafted to apply to online media,
- and was inspired by what Feinstein perceives as tools for terrorism on
- computer networks.
-
- Sadly, we must report that not only was the amendment accepted, but the
- Terrorism bill passed. Worse yet, it passed with the "roving wiretaps"
- section intact, calling for police wiretaps of entire areas
- simultaneously, so law enforcement can catch mobile members of the Four
- Horsement of the Infobahn ("drug dealers, organized crime, child
- molesters & pornographers, and terrorists"). This is pretty bad but is
- not yet a total disaster. This bill has quite a long way to go before it
- becomes law, and there are many opportunities to head it off at the pass.
-
- Also, the Feinstein provisions were watered down. Rough analysis
- suggests that it is even constititional, and in actually does not
- illegalize anything that's not already covered by current law, making it
- worthless ego legislation that simply exists to attract publicity and
- further the sponsors' political agenda. Don't take this as gospel however.
- Neither EFF nor other organizations in the Stop314 Coalition have the
- full text of the bill as it passed yet, and have not yet been able to do
- a full and careful analysis of it.
-
- The full text of the Feinstein *draft* can be found at:
-
- http://www.eff.org/Bills_by_number/s735_95_feinstein_amend.draft
- ftp.eff.org, /pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s735_95_feinstein_amend.draft
- gopher.eff.org, 1/Legislation/Bills_by_number, s735_95_feinstein_amend.draft
-
- NOTE: This is *not* the version that passed, but the original. It's
- still a good read, if you enjoy horror stories.
-
- There's plenty more to worry about from this and other anti-terrorism
- legislation, most of which proposes one or more unconstitional
- "solutions" to perceived problems, and many of which seek to expand, in
- some cases radically, law enforcement and intelligence wiretapping
- authority and abilities. These bills, archived by bill number, are
- also available in the Bills_by_number directory at the sites above.
-
-
- * Sen. Coats Gets in on the Act, Sen. Lott Takes a Bow
-
- Catching the new wave, Sen. Daniel Coats (R-IN) has announced his own
- Internet-censoring legislation, which is expected to be proferred as an
- amendment to the Senate telecom reform bill, just like everyone elses.
- Details of this amendment are sketchy, but expect the worst. This
- represents the most Far-Right net censorship paradigm yet. Sen. Lott
- has stated that he will not be introducing his amendment to make the Exon
- legislation even worse (by stipping all liablity protections for system
- operators). No reasons were given.
-
-
- * Dole/Grassley Legislation No Longer a Draft - Introduced as S.892
-
- A bill even worse than Exon's, a true unconstitutional nightmare, was
- introduced shortly after last issue of EFFector: "The Protection of
- Children from Computer Pornography Act". This is not intended as an
- amendment to the telecom bill, but is stand-alone legislation.
- The bill's been referred to the Judiciary Committee.
-
- The *draft* version is available at:
-
- http://www.eff.org/Bills_by_number/s892_95_bill.draft
- ftp.eff.org, /pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s892_95_bill.draft
- gopher.eff.org, 1/Legislation/Bills_by_number, s892_95_bill.draft
-
- NOTE: This is *not* the version as introduced (we'll have that up in same
- directory as s892_95.bill when available), though it may be identical.
-
- ------------------------------
-
-
- Subject: Errata
- ---------------
-
- Last issue, EFFector reported that:
- >> Prodigy filed a motion for summary judgment, asking to be dismissed from
- >> the case on the claim that Prodigy could not be held responsible for the
- >> postings of its users.
-
- Bill Schneck, Associate Senior Counsel for Prodigy corrected us:
-
- >In fact, the ruling was issued in response to a motion for partial
- >summary judgment made by the *plaintiffs*. Prodigy did not move for summary
- >judgment.
-
- We apologize for the error, and hope it did not confuse or inconvenience
- anyone.
-
- ------------------------------
-
-
- Subject: Calendar of Events
- ---------------------------
-
- This schedule lists EFF events, and those we feel might be of interest to
- our members. EFF events (those sponsored by us or featuring an EFF speaker)
- are marked with a "*" instead of a "-" after the date. Simlarly, government
- events, such as deadlines for comments on reports or testimony submission, are
- marked with "!" in place of the "-" after the date.
-
- If you know of an event of some sort that should be listed here, please
- send info about it to Stanton McCandlish (mech@eff.org)
-
- The latest full version of this calendar, which includes material for
- later in the year as well as the next couple of months, is available from:
-
- ftp: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/calendar.eff
- gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF, calendar.eff
- http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/calendar.eff
-
-
- Updated: Jun. 6, 1995
-
-
- 1995
- ----
-
- June 11-
- 14 - Society & the Future of Computing (SFC'95); Tamarron Lodge,
- Durango, Colorado. Sponsored by the Assoc. for Computing
- Machinery, LANL, U. of Md., IEEE. Speakers will include Phil Agre
- (UCSD), Leslie Sandberg (Institute for Telemedicine), Wm.
- Halverson (PacBell), Don Norman (Apple), Linda Garcia
- (Congressional Office of Technology Assessment), John
- Cherniavsky (Natl. Science Found.) and several others.
- Email: sfc95@lanl.gov
- WWW: http://www.lanl.gov/LANLNews/Conferences/.sfc95/sfcHome.html/
-
- June 13-
- 15 - IDT 95 - 12th Congress on Information Markets and Industries;
- Paris, France. Organized by ADBS (a society of information
- professionals), ANRT (National Association of Technological
- Research), and GFII (French association of information industries).
- Contact: +33 1 43 72 25 25 (voice), +33 1 43 72 30 41 (fax)
-
- June 17-
- 19 - NECC'95: Emerging Technologies and Lifelong Learning: 16th Annual
- National Educational Computing Conf., sponsored by International
- Society for Technology in Education; Baltimore, Maryland.
- VP Gore and Sec'y. of Labor Robert Reich invited as keynote
- speakers. Other speakers include: John Phillipo (CELT), Frank
- Knott (MGITB)
- Contact: +1 503 346 2834 (voice), +1 503 346 5890 (fax)
- Email: necc95@ccmail.uoregon.edu
-
- June 18-
- 21 - ED-MEDIA'95; Graz, Austria. A world conference on educational
- multimedia and hypermedia. Sponsor: The Association for the
- Advancement of Computing.
- Contact: +1 804 973 3987 (voice)
- Email: aace@virginia.edu.
-
- June 24-
- 28 - Workshop on Ethical & Professional Issues in Computing;
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY. Deadline for submissions:
- Apr. 15.
- Contact: +1 518 276 8503 (voice), +1 518 276 2659 (fax)
- Email: cherkt@rpi.edu
-
- June 27-
- 29 - Women in Technology Conference: Channels for Change; Santa Clara
- Conv. Ctr., Santa Clara, Calif. Speakers include: Gloria Steinem.
- Sponsored by Int'l. Network of Women in Technology (WITI).
- Contact: +1 818 990 1987 (voice), +1 818 906 3299 (fax)
- Email: witi@crl.com
-
- June 28-
- 30 - INET '95 Internet Society 5th Ann. International Networking
- Conf.; Honolulu, Hawaii. Sponsored by Internet Society (ISoc).
- See Jan. 13 for proposal deadline
- Contact: +1 703 648 9888 (voice)
- FTP: ftp.isoc.org, /isoc/inet95/
- Gopher: gopher.isoc.org, 1/isoc/inet95
- WWW: http://www.isoc.org/inet95.html
- Email: inet95@isoc.org
-
- July 5-
- 7 - Key Players in the Introduction of Information Technology: Their
- Social Responsibility & Professional Training; Namur, Belgium.
- Sponsored by CREIS.
- Email: nolod@ccr.jussieu.fr, clobet@info.fundp.ac.be
-
- July 5-
- 8 - Alliance for Community Media International Conference and Trade
- Show. [See Jan. 31 for proposal submission deadline info].
- Contact: Alliance c/o MATV, 145 Pleasant St., Malden, MA 02148
- Fax: (617) 321-7121; Voice: Rika Welsh (617) 321-6400
- Email: matv@world.std.com
-
- July 5-
- 8 - 18th International Conf. on Research & Development in Information
- Retrieval; Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, Wash.
- Email: sigir95@u.washington.edu
-
- July 6-
- 7 ! Interoperability & the Economics of Information Infrastructure;
- Freedom Forum, Rosslyn, Virginia. IITF/NSF/Harvard/FFMSC joint
- workshop to "analyze and evaluate economic incentives and
- impediments to achieving interoperability in the National
- Information Infrastructure. The goal is to help agencies,
- associations, the Administration, and the Congress to develop
- sound policies for realizing the vision of a seamless,
- interoperating NII. Deadline for proposals: Mar. 17. Deadline
- for submissions: June 15.
- Contact: +1 617 495 8903 (voice), +1 617 495 5776 (fax)
- Email: kahin@harvard.edu
-
- July 11-
- 15 - '95 Joint International Conference: Association for Computers and
- the Humanties, and Association for Literacy and Linguistic
- Computing; UCSB, Santa Barbara, Calif. Will highlight the
- development of new computing methodologies for research and
- teaching in the humanities
- Contact: Eric Dahlin, +1 805 687 5003 (voice)
- Email: hcf1dahl@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
-
- July 22-
- 26 - Syllabus'95; Sonoma State U., Rohnert Park, Calif.
- "The premier conference covering the use of technology in the
- curriculum"
- Contact: 1-800-773-0670 (voice, US-only), +1 408 746 200 (voice,
- elsewhere)
- Email: syllabus@netcom.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
-
- Subject: Quote of the Week
- --------------------------
-
- "It's going to be an uphill fight...This will all come down to
- the debate. Tell people to call and write their Senators. They need to
- know. Now."
- - An aide for Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), from _Cyberwire_Dispatch_ article
- by Brock Meeks, June 9, 1995. Leahy strongly opposes the
- Communications Decency legislation and has offered a reasoned
- alternative.
-
- Find yourself wondering if your privacy and freedom of speech are safe
- when bills to censor the Internet are swimming about in a sea of of
- surveillance legislation and anti-terrorism hysteria? Worried that in
- the rush to protect us from ourselves that our government representatives
- may deprive us of our essential civil liberties?
-
- Join EFF!
-
- ------------------------------
-
-
- Subject: What YOU Can Do
- ------------------------
-
-
- * The Internet Censorship Bills
-
- Contact your Senators IMMEDIATELY. See lead article for phone/fax list,
- and sample messages.
-
- For more information on what you can do to help stop this and other
- dangerous legislation, see:
-
- ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/
- gopher.eff.org, 1/Alerts
- http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/
-
- If you do not have full internet access, send your request
- for information to ask@eff.org.
-
-
- * Find Out Who Your Congresspersons Are
-
- Writing letters to, faxing, and phoning your representatives in Congress
- is one very important strategy of activism, and an essential way of
- making sure YOUR voice is heard on vital issues.
-
- EFF has lists of the Senate and House with contact information, as well
- as lists of Congressional committees. These lists are available at:
- ftp.eff.org, /pub/Activism/Congress_cmtes/
- gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Issues/Activism/Congress_cmtes
- http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/Congress_cmtes/
-
- The full Senate and House lists are senate.list and hr.list, respectively.
- Those not in the U.S. should seek out similar information about their
- own legislative bodies. EFF will be happy to archive any such
- information provided. If you do not know who your Representatives are,
- you should contact you local League of Women Voters, who typically maintain
- databases that can help you find out.
-
-
- * Join EFF!
-
- You *know* privacy, freedom of speech and ability to make your voice heard
- in government are important. You have probably participated in our online
- campaigns and forums. Have you become a member of EFF yet? The best way to
- protect your online rights is to be fully informed and to make your
- opinions heard. EFF members are informed and are making a difference. Join
- EFF today!
-
- For EFF membership info, send queries to membership@eff.org, or send any
- message to info@eff.org for basic EFF info, and a membership form.
-
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