FC: Nat'l Review on crypto; F.Forum on speech; Reason on gambling

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

> http://www.nationalreview.com/vibe/wire092099.html

> From: Paul McMasters <Pmcmasters () freedomforum org>
> To: "Declan McCullagh (E-mail)" <declan () well com>
> Subject: Censoring for dollars
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:33:44 -0400
>
> For your list if you think it's worth posting; my take on the Munich summit
> and related issues.
>
> An excerpt:
>
> " ... Government officials seeking to exploit ignorance and panic over the
> Internet used to be the chief proponents of regulating Internet speech. Now,
> commercial interests, assisted by a number of scholars, have shouldered them
> aside. They campaign under the banner of saving the children, warding off
> government regulation or "mainstreaming the Net." But the bottom line seems
> to be making the Internet safe for commerce. 
> In their zeal to "balance" freedom of expression with commercial
> convenience, they overlook the fact that they will be strip-mining the
> Internet. When it's all over, what once was a vibrant and inviting
> environment will be nothing but a scarred and barren landscape. ... "
>
> The whole column is at:
>
> http://www.freedomforum.org/first/1999/9/20ombudsman.asp
>
> -pkm


> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:17:50 -0700
> From: "Tom W. Bell" <tbell () chapman edu>
> Organization: Chapman University School of Law
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: Reason article on Internet Gambling
>
> Declan,
>
> Readers of your Politech list might enjoy reading "Gamlber's Web," my
> latest article on Internet gambling.  It ran as the feature story in the
> October issue of Reason magazine, and is available at
> <http://www.reasonmag.com/9910/fe.tb.gamblers.html>.  The article
> analyzes the latest version of the Kyl bill as well as the Final Report
> of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission.
>
> Sadly, though, the online version does not include the print version's
> pictures of cyber-dogs playing poker.
>
> Tom
> -- 
> Tom W. Bell
> Assistant Professor
> Chapman University School of Law
> tbell () chapman edu
> http://www.tomwbell.com




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