From jtomkins at ixion.com  Mon Dec  4 17:20:32 1995
From: jtomkins at ixion.com (Jack Tomkinson)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 95 17:20:32 -0800
Subject: New web site
Message-ID: <9512050120.AA02394@ixion.com>



Begin forwarded message:

Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:49:36 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoman <jayt at u.washington.edu>
To: Jack Tomkinson <jtomkins at ixion.com>
Subject: New web site
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Hello Jack.  I found a new web site in an article from Newsweek.  I 

checked it out quickly today.  It is all, I mean all ski stuff.
The address is http:/www.snownet.com/

			Jay




From anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com  Wed Dec  6 01:14:07 1995
From: anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com (Aki Namioka)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 17:14:07 +0800
Subject: Winter Holiday Party
Message-ID: <9512070114.AA11060@mashel.rt.cs.boeing.com>

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	     Invite you to our Joint Winter Holiday Party

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  For members, friends, families (including kids), or merely curious

			    Speakeasy Cafe
			     2304 2nd Ave
		  (near the corner of 2nd and Bell)
			       728-9770

		      Tuesday, December 19, 1993

			  6:00 PM - 9:30 PM


      Special Attraction: NorthWest CyberArt will be on display


  This event is in lieu of the monthly CPSR/Seattle and SCN meetings

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From jimh at scn.org  Thu Dec  7 12:02:41 1995
From: jimh at scn.org (Jim Horton)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 12:02:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Net Censorship approved
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512071113.A15792-0100000@scn>

I'll forward this with out comment, for now.

JIm


---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 13:51:18 -0500
From: editor at cdt.org
To: com-priv at psi.com
Subject: CDT Policy Post No. 32 -- Broad Net-Censorship Proposal Approved By 
Hse. Conferees

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  A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online
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CDT POLICY POST Number 32                      December 6, 1995

CONTENTS: (1) House Conferees Approve Sweeping Net-Censorship Proposal
              * White Proposal Approved, Then Gutted by Religious 
Conservatives
              * 2 Liberal Democrats Abandon the First Amendment
              * Senate Passage Expected Without Substantial Amendment
              * Court Challenge Likely
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(1) HOUSE CONFEREES APPROVE SWEEPING NET-CENSORSHIP PROPOSAL

House Conferees Approve Sweeping Net-Censorship Proposal

By a razor thin margin, members of the House Conference Committee on
Telecommunications Reform have approved a broad proposal to censor
constitutionally protected speech on the Internet. The provisions adopted
today would make the Internet and Interactive media the most heavily
regulated medium in the United States, and severely threaten the future of
free expression and democratic values in the information age.

The proposal, if agreed to by the full conference committee, would impose
$100,000 fines and prison terms for anyone who posts any "indecent"
material, including the "7 dirty words", the text of classic works of
fiction such as The Catcher In The Rye, or Ulysses, artwork containing
images of nudes, rap lyrics, in a public forum.

CDT strongly opposes the legislation agreed to by the House conferees
today. We believe this proposal threatens the very existence of the
Internet as a means for free expression, education, and political
discourse. The proposal is an unwarranted, unconstitutional intrusion by
the Federal government into the private lives of all Americans.

Indecent material is constitutionally protected speech which the Supreme
Court has ruled can only be restrictive through the "least restrictive
means". Material that has been considered "indecent" has included, among
other things:

* The so-called "7 dirty words"
* The Catcher In The Rye
* Sex and AIDS Education literature
* Photographic, sculpted, and painted images of nudes
* Rap Lyrics

Posting any of the above materials in a public forum would be illegal under
the provision approved today. Although it is unrealistic to expect that
Federal law enforcement has the resources to go after each and every
violation, the threat of $100,000 fines and 2 year prison sentences will
result in a severe chilling effect over all online communications.

CDT will devote all our efforts in the coming weeks to ensure that the full
conference committee does not endorse the approach approved today by the
House. We are also committed to fighting this battle all the way to the
Supreme Court, if necessary, to ensure that these provisions are
overturned.

The text of the proposal will be placed on CDT's net-censorship web page
(URL below) as soon as it's available. CDT will also post a detailed
analysis of the bill soon.

WHITE PROPOSAL ADOPTED, THEN AMENDED TO INCLUDE INDECENCY STANDARD
 2 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS TIP THE SCALES IN FAVOR OF RELIGIOUS-RIGHT

At today's meeting of the House and Senate Conference Committee members,
Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) offered his proposal to prohibit the transmission
and display of indecent material online, and grant the FCC new authority to
regulate the Internet. As expected, Rep. Rick White (R-WA) offered his
alternative, based on the narrow and constitutional "harmful to minors"
standard and provisions to encourage parental control, not government
censorship. The House conferees then adjourned to a private room, away from
the press and television cameras, to vote.

The Conferees voted 20 - 13 to accept the White proposal. However, Rep.
Goodlatte (R-VA) offered an amendment to substitute "indecency" for the
"harmful to minors" standard in the White proposal. The Goodlatte amendment
was approved on a vote of 17 - 16 and the "harmful to minors" standard was
replaced by the blatantly unconstitutional "indecency standard".
Representative White did NOT vote for the Goodlatte amendment.

Amazingly, two traditionally liberal democrats, Reps. Pat Schroeder (D-CO)
and John Conyers (D-MI) voted for the "indecency" standard! Had either of
these members voted the other way, libraries, schools, and even parents who
allow children to access the text of The Catcher In The Rye online would
not now face $100,000 fines and prison sentences. Schroeder and Conyers
should be ashamed of themselves for not standing up for freedom of speech
and democratic values at such a critical moment, and for assisting the
campaign of religious conservatives to impose their moral values on the
Internet without regard for long-standing constitutional principals.

Representative White should be commended for his efforts to craft a
constitutional proposal which preserved freedom of speech and relied on
user empowerment over government control of online content. He deserves
great credit for his commitment to protecting the Internet and preserving
freedom of speech, and his willingness to stand up to religious
conservatives. Unfortunately, the critical element of his proposal which
made it constitutional was removed over White's objections.

NEXT STEPS

The provision approved today by the committee is similar to the Exon/Coats
CDA in that it relies on the "indecency" standard and contains defenses for
online service providers. The Senate is likely to adopt the proposal with
only minor changes. Senator Exon expressed optimism at today's conference
committee meeting that the issue would be resolved soon, perhaps as early
as Friday.

The Senate conferees are reviewing the language agreed to today by the
House conferees. The House and Senate must each agree on the provisions
before the final bill can be voted on. CDT will keep you informed of
developments on this issue as they occur.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Visit CDT's net-censorship issues web page:

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From anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com  Fri Dec  8 02:01:20 1995
From: anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com (Aki Namioka)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 18:01:20 +0800
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!! (fwd)
Message-ID: <9512090201.AA12241@mashel.rt.cs.boeing.com>

Somebody on the seasigi (the seattle internet special interest group) suggested
a seattle protest.  Does anybody want to organize it?  Also, where is
a good location?

- Aki

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 13:18:10 -0800
From: Jack Beslanwitch <warlock at warlock.seanet.com>
To: seasigi at halcyon.com
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!!

Sorry about this extended message about something happening in San
Francisco, but I was wondering if it would possible to get something similar
going up here in the Seattle area. 

>Spread the word!
>
>
>               *** NETIZENS!! RALLY AGAINST CENSORSHIP ***
>
>
>Amendment I: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of
>speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble."
>
>
>     **PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST **
>
>It's like illiterates telling you what to read. On December 6 members of
>the House Conference Committee on Telecommunications Reform approved a
>proposal to censor free speech in cyberspace. If the measures are adopted,
>the Net and online media will become the most heavily regulated media in
>the United States. They *will not* enjoy the First Amendment freedoms now
>afforded to print media. Instead, online publishers and users will be held
>to a vague and patently un-Constitutional "indecency" standard. "Violators"
>will be subject to fines of up to $100,000 and prison terms of up to five
>years.
>
>In response, ALL members of the Bay Area media, online, Internet, new
>media, and telecommunications communities are invited to participate in a
>protest rally to express our outrage that the politicians in Congress
>(which is not even connected to the Internet!) are attempting to destroy
>our First Amendment rights in cyberspace, and directly attack our
>livelihoods.
>
>Help stop the demagogs in Washington! There is nothing "decent" about
>denying free speech to us, our children, and our children's children.
>Preserve our Constitutional rights! Join us!
>
>WHEN: Monday, December 11, 1995  12:00 - 1:00 PM
>
>WHERE: South Park (between 2nd and 3rd, Bryant and Brannon) San Francisco.
>
>SPEAKERS: To be announced
>
>BRING: Attention-grabbing posters, signs, and banners that demonstrate your
>committment to free speech and expression, and your feelings about
>Congress.
>
>FOR UPDATED INFORMATION: http://www.hotwired.com/staff/digaman
>
>(Although this event is being organized in the offices of Wired magazine
>and HotWired, we are *actively* seeking participation and support from all
>members of the local community. Please forward this message to anyone you
>think should attend, and to all relevant news groups.)
>
>CONTACT: Todd Lappin -- 415-222-6241 -- protest at wired.com

(Jack Beslanwitch) warlock at warlock.seanet.com         
http://www.seanet.com/Users/warlock/
Science Fiction Conventions Northwest home page     
(206) 723-9906                                      




----- End Included Message -----



From comnets at u.washington.edu  Sat Dec  9 14:57:29 1995
From: comnets at u.washington.edu (Douglas Schuler)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 95 14:57:29 -0800
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!! (fwd)
Message-ID: <9512092257.AA13184@saul2.u.washington.edu>

This sounds like a great idea!  It would be nice if it coincided with the
SF affair.  Monday is probably a little too soon for us to get mobiilzied.

As for location I think maybe Gorton's office.  He was an original co-sponsor
of the bill!  Does anybody know how he voted (and Patty Murray) also on the
bill?  The federal building?  The westlake mall, public library, pike place
market?   

Is it necessary to get some sort of *permit* ?   


-- Doug



From wheels at scn.org  Sat Dec  9 19:57:14 1995
From: wheels at scn.org (Kevin Higgins)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 19:57:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <9512092257.AA13184@saul2.u.washington.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512091923.A6957-0100000@scn>


Gorton's office has been moved to Bellevue last week.

-Kevin Higgins --- wheels at scn.org



From lbs at aa.net  Sun Dec 10 12:17:42 1995
From: lbs at aa.net (Lucys)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 12:17:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!! (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951210121723.3175A-100000@big.aa.net>


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 10:07:44 -0800
From: David L Ballenger <dlb at halcyon.com>
To: seasigi at halcyon.com
Subject: Re: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!!

>Sorry about this extended message about something happening in San
>Francisco, but I was wondering if it would possible to get something similar
>going up here in the Seattle area.
>

Here's one way to do it....

Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 17:48:03 -0500 (EST)
From: editor at cdt.org
To: Dlb at halcyon.Com
Subject:  ALERT - Protest Internet Censorship Bills, Tues 12/12/95

To subscribers of CDT's policy-posts:

CDT has joined forces with the ACLU, EFF, EPIC, and the Voters
Telecommunications Watch (VTW), and other free speech groups to
organize a National Day of Protest on Tuesday December 12, 1995
against Congressional attempts to censor the Internet.

We hope you will join us and hundreds of thousands of your fellow
net.citizens in this effort.

Congress is expected to cast a final vote on this issue next week.
The fate of the Internet as a viable medium for free expression,
education, and commerce hangs in the balance.

Please take a moment to read the attached alert and get ready to
flood Capitol Hill with phone calls, faxes, and email messages
on Tuesday.  Please also forward this alert to all of your wired
friends.

Together we *can* make a difference.

Jonah Seiger
(editor at cdt.org)

--

========================================================================
     CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS

    On Tuesday December 12, 1995, Join With Hundreds of Thousands
                  Of Your Fellow Internet Users In

                  A NATIONAL INTERNET DAY OF PROTEST

      PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT
                REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL December 20, 1995
________________________________________________________________________
CONTENTS
        Internet Day of Protest: Tuesday December 12, 1995
        What You Must Do On Tuesday December 12, 1995
        List of Participating Organizations
        Where Can I Learn More?

________________________________________________________________________
INTERNET DAY OF PROTEST:  TUESDAY DECEMBER 12, 1995

Outrageous proposals to censor the Internet demand that the Internet
Community take swift and immediate action. We must stand up and let
Congress know that we will not tolerate their attempts to destroy this
medium! Please join hundreds of thousands of your fellow citizens in a
National Day of Protest on Tuesday December 12, 1995.

As you know, on Wednesday December 6, 1995, the House Conference
Committee on Telecommunications Reform voted to impose far reaching and
unconstitutional "indecency" restrictions on the Internet and other
interactive media, including large commercial online services (such as
America Online, Compuserve, and Prodigy) and smaller Internet Service
Providers such as Panix, the Well, Echo, and Mindvox.

These restrictions threaten the very existence of the Internet and
interactive media as a viable medium for free expression, education,
commerce.  If enacted, the Internet as we know it will never be the
same.

Libraries will not be able to put any books online that might
offend a child somewhere.  No "Catcher in the Rye" or "Ulysses" on the net.
Internet Service Providers could face criminal penalties for allowing
children to subscribe to their Internet Services, forcing many  small
companies to simply refuse to sell their services to anyone under 18. Worst
of all, everything you say and publish on the net will have to be "dumbed
down" to that which is acceptable to a child.

As Internet users, we simply must not allow this assault against the
Internet and our most basic freedoms to go unchallenged.

On Tuesday December 12, the organizations below are urging you to
join us in a NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST. The goal is to flood key members of
the House and Senate with phone calls, faxes and email with the message
that the Internet community WILL NOT TOLERATE Congressional attempts to
destroy the Internet, limit our freedoms and trample on our rights.

Below are the phone, fax, and email address of several key members of
Congress on this issue and instructions on what you can do to join the
National Day of Protest to save the Net.

______________________________________________________________________
WHAT YOU MUST DO ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 12, 1995

1. Throughout the day Tuesday December 12, please contact as many
   members of Congress on the list below as you can. If you are only
   able to make one call, contact House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Finally,
   if the Senator or Representative from your state is on the list
   below, be sure to contact him or her also.

2. Urge each Member of Congress to "stop the madness".  Tell them that
   they are about to pass legislation that will destroy the Internet as
   an educational and commercial medium.  If you are at a loss for
   words, try the following sample communique:

   Sample phone call:

        Both the House and Senate bills designed to protect children
        from objectionable material on the Internet will actually
        destroy the Internet as an medium for education, commerce, and
        political discourse. There are other, less restrictive ways to
        address this issue.

        I urge you to oppose both measures being proposed in the
        conference committee.  This is an important election issue to
        me.

   Sample letter (fax or email):

        The Senate conferees are considering ways to protect children
        from inappropriate material on the Internet.  A vote for either
        the House or Senate proposals will result in the destruction of
        the Internet as a viable medium for free expression, education,
        commerce.  Libraries will not be able to put their entire book
        collections online.  Everyday people like me will risk massive
        fines and prison sentences for public discussions someone s
        somewhere might consider "indecent".

        There are other, less restrictive ways to protect children from
        objectionable material online. This is an important election
        issue to me.

3. If you're in San Francisco, or near enough to get there, go to
   the Rally Against Censorship from Ground Zero of the Digital Revolution:

   WHEN: Monday, December 11, 1995  12:00 - 1:00 PM
   WHERE: South Park (between 2nd and 3rd, Bryant and Brannon) San Francisco.
   SPEAKERS: To be announced
   BRING: Attention-grabbing posters, signs, and banners that demonstrate
        your committment to free speech and expression, and your feelings
        about Congress.
   FOR UPDATED INFORMATION (including rain info):
        http://www.hotwired.com/staff/digaman/


### THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT ###

4. Mail a note to protest at vtw.org to let us know you did your part.
   Although you will not receive a reply due to the number of
   anticipated responses, we'll be counting up the number of people that
   participated in the day of protest.


      P ST Name and Address           Phone           Fax
      = == ========================   ==============  ==============
      R AK Stevens, Ted               1-202-224-3004  1-202-224-1044
      R AZ McCain, John               1-202-224-2235  1-602-952-8702
        senator_mccain at mccain.senate.gov
      D HI Inouye, Daniel K.          1-202-224-3934  1-202-224-6747
      R KS Dole, Robert               1-202-224-6521  1-202-228-1245
      D KY Ford, Wendell H.           1-202-224-4343  1-202-224-0046
        wendell_ford at ford.senate.gov
      R MS Lott, Trent                1-202-224-6253  1-202-224-2262
      R MT Burns, Conrad R.           1-202-224-2644  1-202-224-8594
        conrad_burns at burns.senate.gov
      D NE Exon, J. J.                1-202-224-4224  1-202-224-5213
      D SC Hollings, Ernest F.        1-202-224-6121  1-202-224-4293
        senator at hollings.senate.gov
      R SD Pressler, Larry            1-202-224-5842  1-202-224-1259
        larry_pressler at pressler.senate.gov
      R WA Gorton, Slade              1-202-224-3441  1-202-224-9393
        senator_gorton at gorton.senate.gov
      D WV Rockefeller, John D.       1-202-224-6472  n.a.
        senator at rockefeller.senate.gov

   Dist ST Name, Address, and Party     Phone            Fax
   ==== == ========================     ==============  ==============
      6 GA Gingrich, Newt (R)           1-202-225-4501   1-202-225-4656
             2428 RHOB                      georgia6 at hr.house.gov
     14 MI Conyers Jr., John (D)        1-202-225-5126   1-202-225-0072
             2426 RHOB                      jconyers at hr.house.gov
      1 CO Schroeder, Patricia (D)      1-202-225-4431   1-202-225-5842
             2307 RHOB
     18 TX Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D)      1-202-225-3816   1-202-225-3317
             1520 LHOB
      6 TN Gordon, Bart (D)             1-202-225-4231   1-202-225-6887
             2201 RHOB


4. Forward this alert to all of your wired friends.

________________________________________________________________________
WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE?

At this moment, there are several organizations with WWW sites that now
have, or will have, information about the net censorship legislation and
the National Day Of Protest:

American Civil Liberties Union (ftp://ftp.aclu.org/aclu/)
Center for Democracy and Technology (http://www.cdt.org/)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (http://www.eff.org/)
Electronic Privacy Information Center (http://www.epic.org/)
Wired Magazine (http://www.hotwired.com/special/indecent/)
Voters Telecommunications Watch (http://www.vtw.org/)

________________________________________________________________________
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.


American Civil Liberties Union * American Communication Association *
American Council for the Arts * Arts & Technology Society * Association
of Alternative Newsweeklies * biancaTroll productions * Boston
Coalition for Freedom of Expression * Californians Against Censorship
Together * Center For Democracy And Technology * Centre for Democratic
Communications * Center for Public Representation * Citizen's Voice -
New Zealand * Cloud 9 Internet *Computer Communicators Association *
Computel Network Services * Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility * Cross Connection * Cyber-Rights Campaign * CyberQueer
Lounge * Dorsai Embassy * Dutch Digital Citizens' Movement * ECHO
Communications Group, Inc. * Electronic Frontier Canada * Electronic
Frontier Foundation * Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin *
Electronic Frontiers Australia * Electronic Frontiers Houston *
Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire * Electronic Privacy Information
Center * Feminists For Free Expression * First Amendment Teach-In *
Florida Coalition Against Censorship * FranceCom, Inc. Web Advertising
Services * Friendly Anti-Censorship Taskforce for Students * Hands
Off!  The Net * Inland Book Company * Inner Circle Technologies, Inc. *
Inst. for Global Communications * Internet On-Ramp, Inc. * Internet
Users Consortium * Joint Artists' and Music Promotions Political Action
Committee * The Libertarian Party * Marijuana Policy Project *
Metropolitan Data Networks Ltd. * MindVox * MN Grassroots Party *
National Bicycle Greenway * National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
* National Coalition Against Censorship * National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force * National Public Telecomputing Network * National Writers Union
* Oregon Coast RISC * Panix Public Access Internet * People for the
American Way * Republican Liberty Caucus * Rock Out Censorship *
Society for Electronic Access * The Thing International BBS Network *
The WELL * Voters Telecommunications Watch

(Note: All 'Electronic Frontier' organizations are independent entities,
 not EFF chapters or divisions.)

________________________________________________________________________
        End Alert
========================================================================

 ==========================================================================
 David L Ballenger              206-828-4288            9415 110th Place NE
 dlb at halcyon.com                                        Kirkland, WA 98033




From sjm at scn.org  Sun Dec 10 20:17:09 1995
From: sjm at scn.org (Steven Mudd)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:17:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9512091923.A6957-0100000@scn>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512102032.B9122-0100000@scn>


I could put in an hour or so Tuesday, 4-5ish; if some of us show,
and we make some media calls (kevin?), we could generate some more
press on this-

On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Kevin Higgins wrote:

> 
> Gorton's office has been moved to Bellevue last week.
> 
> -Kevin Higgins --- wheels at scn.org
> 
> 


From wheels at scn.org  Mon Dec 11 03:45:24 1995
From: wheels at scn.org (Kevin Higgins)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 03:45:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9512102032.B9122-0100000@scn>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512110301.C20348-0100000@scn>

OK, if someone will make a plan as to where and when and what the message 
is.  I will call members of the press for coverage (and hope for the  best).

-Kevin Higgins --- wheels at scn.org



From sjm at scn.org  Mon Dec 11 17:01:58 1995
From: sjm at scn.org (Steven Mudd)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:01:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Why not a protest in Seattle too!!! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9512110301.C20348-0100000@scn>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512111657.A10420-0100000@scn>


Thanks, Kevin. I wish we had more lead time- tuesday would be the 
appropriate day, what with the national action going on, but I have
no idea if anyone else can make it, and we still need to find the
location of Slade's office in Bellevue. What about wed or thurs?
can we hear from some other eastside workers?
-Steve


On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Kevin Higgins wrote:

> OK, if someone will make a plan as to where and when and what the message 
> is.  I will call members of the press for coverage (and hope for the  best).
> 
> -Kevin Higgins --- wheels at scn.org
> 
> 


From anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com  Mon Dec 11 18:14:21 1995
From: anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com (Aki Namioka)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:14:21 +0800
Subject: rally
Message-ID: <9512121814.AA13975@mashel.rt.cs.boeing.com>

An anti-censorship rally is being planned for Thursday the 14th - NOON
in the auditorium of the downtown public library.  Sponsors to date are
CPSR-Seattle, ACLU-Washington, SCN, and 911 Media Arts Center.

More details to follow.

- Aki


From anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com  Mon Dec 11 22:23:01 1995
From: anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com (Aki Namioka)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:23:01 +0800
Subject: Rally
Message-ID: <9512122223.AA14075@mashel.rt.cs.boeing.com>

     Please distribute -- Please distribute -- Please distribute

** RALLY ** RALLY **   STOP INTERNET CENSORSHIP   ** RALLY ** RALLY **

			    SEATTLE  RALLY

		       Thursday, December 14th

				 NOON

	    Seattle Public Library Auditorium (3rd floor)
			  1000 Fourth Avenue

Congress is putting an axe to the Internet and Free Speech.  On-line
services as we know it could disappear and the free flow of
information will stop.  Join is in this rally against unreasonable
censorship!

This rally is scheduled to coincide with a similar rally in San Francisco.

      SPEAK UP NOW -- OR WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IN THE FUTURE!!!


Sponsored by: CPSR-Seattle, ACLU-Washington, Seattle Community Network,
	      911 Media Arts Center

	Please distribute this notice to all concerned parties


				
	


From bf362 at scn.org  Wed Dec 13 12:03:42 1995
From: bf362 at scn.org (Lee-wah Bao)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:03:42 -0800
Subject: DEC 14th dinner
Message-ID: <199512132003.MAA26111@scn.org>

please tell me how to register for the dinner as you had mentioned it at the meeting
call me at 725-8388 or email me thank you


From lbs at aa.net  Sat Dec 16 21:55:13 1995
From: lbs at aa.net (Lucys)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 21:55:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Howard Rheingold urges action on the telecommunications act (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951216215414.23920B-100000@big.aa.net>


  FYI: further info regarding protesting the telecommunications act.

--
  Lucy S.                   lbs at aa.net  
  Seattle, Washington  USA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 14:41:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Phil Agre <pagre at weber.ucsd.edu>
To: rre at weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: Howard Rheingold urges action on the telecommunications act

Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 23:32:58 -0800
From: hlr at well.com (Howard Rheingold)
Subject: Call The White House Now

The following "Tomorrow" column will be published by King Features client
newspapers the week of December 25. Permission is granted to reproduce this
and retransmit this column electronically. Fax it to offline friends.


Last Stop Before the Censorship State

By Howard Rheingold


        Americans have one last chance before we lose the Net. If American
citizens write, call, and fax the President now and urge him to veto the
telecommunications deregulation bill, we might not lose an opportunity to
revitalize the democratic process and grow hundreds of thousands of small
Net-based businesses. And we might not hand over a nascent native  industry
(the dominant industry of the twenty first century) to international
competitors.
        The effects of this legislation (S 652) go far beyond the Internet,
reaching into every aspect of American lives, undoubtedly influencing the
shape of the democracy our children will grow up in. This
telecommunications bill encourages the concentration of ownership of all
news, entertainment, and communication media, institutes censorship
provisions that will put online service providers out of business, cut off
universities from the worldwide network, and turn American scientists,
engineers, educators, entrepreneurs into a nation of Net-morons in an
increasingly online world. This bill allows rates to rise too high and too
fast, is generous with megacorporations and stingy with education, and it
completely ignores the widening gap between information-rich and
information-poor.
        Through months of committee debates and decisions, censors and
monopolists have won every battle over the future of the Internet. By
shamelessly exploiting legislators' and citizens' ignorance of the nature
of the Internet, a small group who are intent upon imposing their brand of
morality on everyone else,are about to silence a potentially powerful
medium for citizen-to-citizen communication, cripple American industries
trying to compete in global markets, and create a Federal bureaucracy with
the power to determine what is decent for citizens to say.
        Congress will almost certainly send to the President a
telecommunications reform bill that can send people to jail for two years
and fine them $100,000 for mentioning the seven words that are forbidden
from radio and television. Mention of abortion, condoms or safe sex are
almost certain to be the next items forbidden. American universities, on
the advice of their attorneys will turn off all Internet access for their
students as soon as the law goes into effect.
        American citizens don't have to be electrical engineers to
understand the nature of the new communication media. But we do need to
have the truth told and the complexities explained, and that has not
happened. Computer BBSs, e-mail, citizen networks, mean that you no longer
have to own a press to benefit from freedom of the press: every desktop
connected to the Net is a printing press, a place of assembly, a
broadcasting station. The idea that ordinary taxpayers should have the
power to publish eyewitness reports, argue policy, distribute information
threatens the old power structures. Politicians and corporations whose
fortunes are based on control of mass media  fear their power will erode to
the citizens.
        Legislators have failed to uphold their oath to defend the
Constitution by pursuing such nonsense as flag-burning amendments to the
Constitution while at the same time destroying the liberties that flag
symbolizes. Internet censorship legislation is not about pornography on the
Internet (which will easily move offshore). It's about who will have the
power and control to broadcast words, images, and sounds, to everyone else.
Citizens? Or cartels?
        A trillion-dollar pie is being cut up. We, the people, are getting
cut out. Speak up. We still have the right to communicate with the
President and demand that he hold the line. Tell him to send this back to
Congress. We've been living for sixty years under the rules set forth in
the Communications Act of 1934. Now the Congress is changing the rules
again, determining the way our nation and its industries will communicate,
educate, and do business for decades to come. We deserve better than this.
Tell Clinton to tell Congress to try again, to cut the citizens of this
country into the deal, and to keep their hands off the Bill of Rights.
        Contact the White House right now:
        (202) 456-1414 Phone  
        (202) 456-1111 Comment Line
        (202) 456-2461 Fax.

END

Howard Rheingold hlr at well.com
http://www.well.com/user/hlr/
Fax: 415 388 3913
what it is ----->is------>up to us



From rehm at zso.dec.com  Mon Dec 18 15:21:47 1995
From: rehm at zso.dec.com (rehm at zso.dec.com)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 95 15:21:47 -0800
Subject: CPSR/SCN/Electra Winter Holiday Party: TOMORROW 12/19 @ The Speakeasy!
Message-ID: <9512182321.AA10822@slugbt.zso.dec.com>

    *	    	            	    	    	    	    	    	  *
  * * *	    	      	    	    	    	    	    	    	* * *
   ***	    	       	    	    	    	    	    	    	 ***
* * * * *                 CPSR/Seattle, SCN, Electra     	      * * * * *
   ***	    	  and NorthWest CyberArtists Productions   	      	 ***
  * * *    	       	    	    	    	    	    	    	* * *
    *  	    	    	    	    	    	    	    	    	  *
	     Invite you to our Joint Winter Holiday Party

				  *
				* * *
				 ***
			      * * * * *
				 ***
				* * *
				  *
    
  For members, friends, families (including kids), or merely curious

			    Speakeasy Cafe
			     2304 2nd Ave
		  (near the corner of 2nd and Bell)
			       728-9770

		      Tuesday, December 19, 1993

			  6:00 PM - 9:30 PM


      Special Attraction: NorthWest CyberArt will be on display


  This event is in lieu of the monthly CPSR/Seattle and SCN meetings

				  *
				* * *
				 ***
			      * * * * *
				 ***
				* * *
				  *



From anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com  Wed Dec 20 16:45:17 1995
From: anamioka at redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com (Aki Namioka)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:45:17 +0800
Subject: censorship looms
Message-ID: <9512211645.AA18279@mashel.rt.cs.boeing.com>


Bad news on the censorship front - looks like the Telecom Bill will
maintain the strong censorship language AND Clinton is going to sign.

There is already an anticipated first amendment legal battle 
formulating.

- Aki



From greg at scn.org  Fri Dec 22 16:22:21 1995
From: greg at scn.org (Greg Prosl)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 16:22:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: censorship looms
In-Reply-To: <9512211645.AA18279@mashel.rt.cs.boeing.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512221659.A6866-0100000@scn>


Happy Holidays to all of my friends at SCN,

Thanks to many of you, the telecom bill may not be passed before year's 
end and may not include the " indecency language" which is on to itself 
very indecent!!!!
According to today's Wall St Journal the conference committee is in a 
standoff over issues including regulation of the net. This after over 
50,000+ persons wrote, emailed or called their reps or committee members. 

For those of you interested in protecting free, private and uncensored 
personal communications, weigh in your opinions, the fight has just 
begun. The shear volume of cyber-activism is encouraging and speaks 
loudly of this mediums power and importance. Use it ! 

On a personal note I was quite sorry to miss our party. I was enroute to 
Washigton, DC setting up for a cybercast of Handel's Messiah at the J. F. 
Kennedy Center. We will be pumping out audio and vidio of the event 
beginning at 7:30 EST Saturday the 23rd. Tune in your PC's using Xing av 
software @ http://www.handels-messiah.com/. BTW any recap of the party, 
I'd love to hear from y'all.

Peace,

Greg

   greg at scn.org    Seattle Community Network:  Ensuring public space 
						in CYBERSPACE

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Aki Namioka wrote:

> 
> Bad news on the censorship front - looks like the Telecom Bill will
> maintain the strong censorship language AND Clinton is going to sign.
> 
> There is already an anticipated first amendment legal battle 
> formulating.
> 
> - Aki
> 
> 


From jamesr at scn.org  Sun Dec 24 13:18:24 1995
From: jamesr at scn.org (James Russell)
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 13:18:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Thank you:
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512241324.B28565-0100000@scn>

Hello Everyone:
Merry Christmas from James, and thank you for that award.
Your 486 is up and not smoking! In the electronic world, smoking doesn't
means something in your mouth.............:-)! Bye and happy new year!

James/of/Renton
jamesr at scn.org               scn.org=Seattle community network