dorsai@pawl.rpi.edu (G. Donald Moncreaff) (08/22/90)
the subject line say's it all...
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respectfully yours,
Gregory D. Moncreaff
dorsai@pawl.rpi.edu
--- Assassination is the highest form of public service ---denise@dadla.WR.TEK.COM (Denise Caire) (08/22/90)
In article <6`_%_`_@rpi.edu> dorsai@pawl.rpi.edu (G. Donald Moncreaff) writes: > >the subject line say's it all... >-- >respectfully yours, > Gregory D. Moncreaff > dorsai@pawl.rpi.edu No offense, but this is so-o-o vague. Can you give yourself a comprehensive answer. (I noticed that you are responding to yourself.) What is the nature of the discussions you forsaw would take place on this net? Just thought I might learn something about efficiently organizing computers or something along that line. But, if this is not the intent of this group, then time to Unsubscribe. :-) Thank you.
petrilli@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Petrilli) (08/22/90)
I have not seen any post concerning what this group is about, but I may have missed, our usenet news handler missing things sometimes. Perhaps a copy of the announcement would help explain what the Electronic Frountier Foundation is about... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 1990 NEW FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATIONS POLICIES Contact: Cathy Cook (415) 759-5578 Washington, D.C., July 10, 1990 -- Mitchell D. Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation and ON Technology, today announced that he, along with colleague John Perry Barlow, has established a foundation to address social and legal issues arising from the impact on society of the increasingly pervasive use of computers as a means of communication and information distribution. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will support and engage in public education on current and future developments in computer-based and telecommunications media. In addition, it will support litigation in the public interest to preserve, protect and extend First Amendment rights within the realm of computing and telecommunications technology. Initial funding for the Foundation comes from private contributions by Kapor and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, Inc. The Foundation expects to actively raise contributions from a wide constituency. As an initial step to foster public education on these issues, the Foundation today awarded a grant to the Palo Alto, California-based public advocacy group Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR). The grant will be used by CPSR to expand the scope of its on-going Computing and Civil Liberties Project (see attached). Because its mission is to not only increase public awareness about civil liberties issues arising in the area of computer-based communications, but also to support litigation in the public interest, the Foundation has recently intervened on behalf of two legal cases. The first case concerns Steve Jackson, an Austin-based game manufacturer who was the target of the Secret Service's Operation Sun Devil. The EFF has pressed for a full disclosure by the government regarding the seizure of his company's computer equipment. In the second action, the Foundation intends to seek amicus curiae (friend of the court) status in the government's case against Craig Neidorf, a 20-year-old University of Missouri student who is the editor of the electronic newsletter Phrack World News (see attached). "It is becoming increasingly obvious that the rate of technology advancement in communications is far outpacing the establishment of appropriate cultural, legal and political frameworks to handle the issues that are arising," said Kapor. "And the Steve Jackson and Neidorf cases dramatically point to the timeliness of the Foundation's mission. We intend to be instrumental in helping shape a new framework that embraces these powerful new technologies for the public good." The use of new digital media -- in the form of on-line information and interactive conferencing services, computer networks and electronic bulletin boards -- is becoming widespread in businesses and homes. However, the electronic society created by these new forms of digital communications does not fit neatly into existing, conventional legal and social structures. The question of how electronic communications should be accorded the same political freedoms as newspapers, books, journals and other modes of discourse is currently the subject of discussion among this country's lawmakers and members of the computer industry. The EFF will take an active role in these discussions through its continued funding of various educational projects and forums. An important facet of the Foundation's mission is to help both the public and policy-makers see and understand the opportunities as well as the challenges posed by developments in computing and telecommunications. Also, the EFF will encourage and support the development of new software to enable non-technical users to more easily use their computers to access the growing number of digital communications services available. The Foundation is located in Cambridge, Mass. Requests for information should be sent to Electronic Frontier Foundation, One Cambridge Center, Suite 300, Cambridge, MA 02142, 617/577-1385, fax 617/225-2347; or it can be reached at the Internet mail address eff@well.sf.ca.us. I hope that Mitch, Steve and John don't mind me posting this... I though people might be interested, if they don't already know what it is. + Chris Petrilli "Opinons represented here | University of Texas at Austin do not necessarily | INTERNET: petrilli@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu represent those of a sane | SNAILMAIL: 429 Brady Lane, Austin, Texas, 78746 person. Take them as + PHONE: +1 512 327 0986 simply that."
jkellner@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John Edward Kellner) (08/25/90)
Thank GOD they're not another group trying to "regulate" the network. It is about time some of the "well off" people do something productive with their money.