Future of the Internet?

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

This is the stuff circulating arround the net. EFF staff is working with 
Boucher to help him "understand" the situation and arrive at more appropriate 
wording for his bill. I gather that the "offending" clause was added at the 
request of the telephone industry and suffers from ease of "wrong" 
interpretaion.

Dave

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Date:     Tue, 18 May 1993 17:40:21 CDT
> From:    Keith Dennis <dennis () math cornell edu>
Subject:  Future of the Internet?
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you may wish to alert the readership of Gutenberg that the Internet as
we know it may be shortly destroyed by our Congress.  A bill written
by Rep. Rick Boucher (D, Virginia), chair of the House Science
Subcommittee will remove government subsidies and place control with
the telephone companies.  A likely consequence will be a substantial
increase of cost to universities with the likelihood that some will
drop out or charge for use by individuals.  This not only threatens
Project Gutenberg, but all other academic uses of the nets.  Perhaps
it is time to notify our representatives of the value of the
internet for educational, scientific, and other scholarly uses.
 
Additional information can be found in "Colleges and Telephone
Companies Battle over the Future of the Internet", page A25,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 39 #37, May 19, 1993.
 
Keith Dennis
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