[9093] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: closed systems that sit atop the internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carl M. Kadie)
Thu Dec 16 15:10:09 1993
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From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
Date: 16 Dec 1993 15:09:19 -0500
In article <m0pA3oR-000EYeC@garnet.msen.com>,
Edward Vielmetti <emv@garnet.msen.com> wrote:
[...]
>A nice, reasonably hermetically sealed, access to off-system
>resources planned out in advance and not left to the whims of
>chance, and carefully done network service is the likely future
>direction and goal.
[...]
Another nice thing is that it doesn't require other people to pay the
costs of editing the Net to your or my sensibilities.
Consider the alternative (I'm just making up this quote):
"I don't want my children to read about sex, Hitler, and
non-Christian religions. In theory I could work with others who have
similar views and create a closed system, but this would be too
expensive, too much hassle, and would not stop other parents from
letting their children read about non-Christian religions. So,
instead, I support a law saying that everyone on the net must label
their material with respect to sexual, Nazi, and non-Christian
content. The government should punish anyone who lets children have
access to such material."
We should work hard to avoid this alternative.
- Carl
ANNOTATED REFERENCES
(All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.)
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library/labeling.ala
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* Labeling (ALA)
An interpretation by the American Library Association of the "Library
Bill of Rights"
It gives three reasons why labeling is bad. The first is that
"[l]abeling is an attempt to prejudice attitudes and as such, it is a
censor's tool."
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