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Re: discipline and punishment on the Net



 I guess if you don't like it, you can get another ISP.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Jones <pjones@sunsite.unc.edu>
To: jomc191@listserv.oit.unc.edu <jomc191@listserv.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 18, 1997 10:34 AM
Subject: discipline and punishment on the Net



>ISP become censors
>http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/091797n1.htm
>
>"Safe Net in California is another ISP promoting its ability to preempt
>all its users' access to Web sites with sex, violence and other
>objectionable content. Ken Walker, who created SafeNet, said he uses his
>own judgment to decide what gets filtered.  According to a Frequently
>Asked Questions (FAQ) list on the Web site, Walker states: "Anything I
>feel is offensive or personally do not agree with, I filter.  My views are
>greatly derived from biblical standpoints.""
>
>Isn't this just editting? or is it something more?
>
>
>Johnny Cash testifies in Congress against net.pirates
>http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/091897copyright.html
>
>Enjoy a photo of JC with Sonny Bono. How does this fit with the history of
>media control from newspapers, to radio, to recording, to TV, to VCRs, to
>digital tapes?
>On the other side the less glamourous figure:
>"Roy Neel, president of the U.S. Telephone Association, said that for
>Internet service providers and phone companies, the treaty language would
>be like holding the Bic company responsible for the content of what was
>written with its pens."
>
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