[10568] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Providers and Content [was Re: Debating the NII "Truisms"]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marty Salo)
Sun Feb 27 05:25:45 1994
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 22:52:11 +22311151 (EST)
From: Marty Salo <msalo@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
To: Stan Barber <sob@tmc.edu>
Cc: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com,
In-Reply-To: <9402131339.ZM3478@TMC.EDU>
I'd say that you probably have the wrong thing in quotes. I would be
curious as to what is meant by "regulate." If they are talking about
limiting usenet (not getting part or whole of usenet), limiting the extent
to which gopher can connect to other gophers, that is one type of
regulation (as I understand, similar to Tallahassee Freenet). If, on the
otherhand, they plan to give a very small amount of disk space (to limit
the amount of e-mail that people can accumulate), that's another thing.
If they plan to allow for no privacy whatsoever, random e-mail searches
and seizures, summary elimination of accounts, that might be going a bit
too far. But after all, it is a freenet, a service provided to citizens
of a community.
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On Sun, 13 Feb 1994, Stan Barber wrote:
> Another interesting angle on this is having the "provider" in the content
> business. I put "provider" in quotes, because I am using a "broader" definition
> of "provider" as I write this.
>
> To be specific, there is an effort in Houston to create a "freenet"
> environment,
> but the principles involved want to regulate the content of the information
> in the environment.
>
> While I understand the need of an information provider regulating the content
> of the information provided, I am concerned with an access/connectivity
> provider also assuming that role. Perhaps a "freenet" is not an
> access/connectivity provider and I (with due respect to Barry) am an idiot.
> I would appreciate some well thought out commentary here. The appeal of a
> "freenet" that does not tolerate the diversity of the community in which it is
> created is limited to me and I'd like to see if I am just missing the boat on
> this one.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> --
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> Barber Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine
