[931] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Internet Articles in the Mainstream Press
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Wed Jul 10 21:50:51 1991
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 91 21:49:51 -0400
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: edtjda@magic322.chron.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Joe Abernathy's message of Wed, 10 Jul 91 19:39:04 CDT <9107110039.AA08999@magic322.magichron-c>
>From: edtjda@magic322.chron.com (Joe Abernathy)
>Assuming we put it in the classroom, who's going to see to
>it that the kid doesn't use it to become lord of the cyberpunks? (You
>may deride me on the issue of oversight all you like, but gentlemen,
>it's an important issue. After a two-year experiment in Internet by a
>local high school, the overworked teacher disclosed that she
>eventually gave everyone a root account and sent them sojourning.
>Imagine the peals of laughter among her students when I talked to them
>about this later alone. Imagine the sort of press NREN will receive if
>that's the best it can offer public educ! ation.)
Abernathy's not kidding with his threats, he's the one who wrote the
stinkeroo about the internet as govt funded devil-worshipping and
porno-merchandising.
FAIR USE QUOTE follows...(sorry Joe, but as they say, your public has
a right to know.)
(P.S. I know Dan Dern and have worked with him professionally and I
will gladly vouch for his integrity as a responsible and valuable
hi-tech reporter and member of the networking community.)
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From Houston Chronicle, Sunday, June 10, 1990
COMPUTER PORNO: A KEYSTROKE AWAY
TAX-FUNDED RESEARCH LINK ALSO HOME TO THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
By JOE ABERNATHY
(C) 1990 Houston Chronicle
Westbury High School student Jeff Noxon's homework was rudely
interrupted recently when he stumbled across the world's most
sophisticated pornography ring.
After musing at the novelty of seeing sexually explicit material,
he went on to other studies.
Noxon glimpsed only part of an electronic catalog of erotic art
and literature that grows daily, offering titles such as Cindy's
Torment and The Education of Rachel.
It's supported by taxes and brought into town by the brightest
lights of higher education.
The purveyor of Jeff's surprise and Cindy's slavery is a grand
undertaking called the Internet. It is the world's most capable
research tool, but it is an equally efficient conduit for
pornography and a tempting target for computer hackers.
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They hold the copyright, if they think people need to see the whole
text here they can provide it. This was less than 8% of the text.
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