========================================================================= ________________ _______________ _______________ /_______________/\ /_______________\ /\______________\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/ ||||||||||||||||| / //////////////// \\\\\________/\ |||||________\ / /////______\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\/____ |||||||||||||| / ///////////// \\\\\___________/\ ||||| / //// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/ ||||| \//// ========================================================================= EFFector Online Volume 08 No. 08 June 9, 1995 editors@eff.org A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424 IN THIS ISSUE: ALERT: 4 Internet Censorship Bills - Time Is Running out! The Latest News What You Can Do Now -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens Senate Contact List For More Information Newsbytes New Draft of Comm. Decency Bill - Update The Other Side of the Coin: Feinstein Bill v. Bomb Material Online - Update Sen. Coats Gets in on the Act, Sen. Lott Takes a Bow Dole/Grassley Legislation No Longer a Draft - Introduced as S.892 Errata Calendar of Events Quote of the Week What YOU Can Do Administrivia * See http://www.eff.org/Alerts/ or ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/ for more information on current EFF activities and online activism alerts! * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: ALERT: 4 Internet Censorship Bills - Time Is Running out! ------------------------------------------------------------------ As you'll see in this issues' Newsbytes section, the Senate has shown its willingness to pass unconstitutional bills that threaten YOUR privacy and freedom of speech. There are four more such efforts under consideration now. Please act immediately on the action alert below. You may be comforted by the idea that you don't need to act, because the Supreme Court will overturn all of this stuff. Don't be fooled. The Supreme Court *might* do that, if it's in a receptive mood and if anyone has several million dollars to throw away pushing a test case through many years of legal battles. In the interim, the Internet as we know it in the US will cease to exist, replaced by a national censorship network, while innocent parties will be fined and imprisoned for "harassing" and "profane" material they did not create. If this sounds like a regime you'd be uncomfortable living under, please, take the few minutes it will require to phone or fax your Senator, or (if not a US citizen) the Vice-President, who is also the President of the US Senate. ________________________________________________________________________ CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE EXON/GORTON COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT Update: -Senate currently considering four Internet censorship bills. You need to act now. -What You Can Do Now (US and non-US citizens) CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT June 8, 1995 PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL June 25, 1995 REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS Distributed by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw@vtw.org) ________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS The Latest News What You Can Do Now -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens Senate Contact List For More Information List Of Participating Organizations ________________________________________________________________________ [Note that this week is going to be a stressful one, as the Telecomm Reform bill is on the Senate floor and things are moving *very quickly*. We're trying very hard to minimize the numbers of letters we send out, and the size of the alerts. If you feel they're coming too fast and are thinking about unsubscribing, please consider waiting until the end of next week, when the traffic will die down again. -Shabbir] THE LATEST NEWS First there was the Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship bill. Then, there was the Dole/Grassley bill, which would criminalize "profane" speech among other things. Then came the Lott amendment, which would make Internet Service Providers (ISPs) liable for the traffic of their users. Now, Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) has announced his intention to introduce his very own legislation. Since obscenity is already illegal, it's unclear what benefits Coats' legislation will bring. However given the tradition of the Senate's attempts at restricting the Internet (Exon/Gorton, Feinstein, Dole/Grassley, and Lott) it's becoming clear that few people are taking the First Amendment into account when drafting their legislation. As you read this, the Telecommunications Reform bill is being debated on the Senate floor. The Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship language is *in that bill*. If the net as a whole doesn't do anything, the Exon bill will become a reality. Even if it's found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court several years from now, the damage it will do in terms of BBS seizures and chilling speech in the meantime will make online systems a very different and sad place. A few days ago we put out an alert asking people to call Congress and Vice President Gore. This generated significant support and we've even seen Senator's offices take notice of the fact that lots of computer- literate individuals are calling to point out the problems with the Exon/Gorton bill. If you already called, *thank you*. Your comments warmed the hearts of several of us, who have been swamped trying to process all the mail you sent. You have done your country proud. Just as heart-warming have been the letters from those abroad, who took the time to email (and even call!) Vice President Gore. We hope we can return the favor somehow someday. However, many of us have not called or faxed. If you haven't done so yet, take a moment to do that now. Make your voice heard in Washington. Remind the Senate, which is paying more attention now to voters than it has in several years, that you care about this new medium that enables us to communicate in such an unprecedented many-to-many fashion. Demand the *exact same* rights and responsibilities for speech in the digital world as we expect in print media, no more, no less. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens The Telecomm Reform Bill currently includes the Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship bill. Leahy intends to offer a swap, to remove the Exon language in exchange for his bill which advocates a study of the issue, with an emphasis on the preservation of the First Amendment and parental control. The other proposals could become involved as well. It is essential that the Leahy language be substituted for Exon's, and therefore it is essential: 1. That all citizens call or fax their Senators as soon as possible. There is no time for written letters and email is too easily discounted or ignored. Non-U.S. citizens should contact Vice President Gore. Note, if you decide to send a fax, you'll want to write an expanded version of the statement below. It's very important that you always be cool, collected, and polite. U.S. citizens: "Hello, Senator ________'s office" "Hi, I'm a constituent and would like to register my opinion on the Telecommunications Reform bill to the Senator. May I please speak to the technology staffer, _________?" "Hold On please. Alright, go ahead." "Please oppose the Exon/Gorton bill (Title 4 of the Telecomm bill) and other bills for censoring the Internet. Please support the Leahy alternative (S714) which examines these issues. My name and address are ________." "Thanks for calling." Non-U.S. citizens: "Dear Vice President Gore, The world looks to the United States as one of the leaders in developing a Global Information Infrastructure. Title 4 of the Telecomm Reform bill and other Internet censorship bills imperil that leadership. Please work to remove them from the Telecomm Reform bill (S652) and support Senator Leahy's sensible alternative (S714). I'm calling from ____________." 2. Send VTW a note telling us what you did. If you contacted your two Senators, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "XX ack" where "XX" is your state. For example: To: vtw@vtw.org Subject: OH ack I called my Ohio Senators and expressed my opinion. If you contact Senators outside your state, please let us know what state you're from. If you contacted Vice President Gore, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "gore ack". For example: To: vtw@vtw.org Subject: gore ack I called VP Gore and expressed my opinion. I'm from France. An automatic responder will return an updated contact tally. 3. Forward this alert to relevant forums on other online services and BBS's. Check the letter you get back to see which Senators are underrepresented by citizen contacts. Forward the Alert to any friends and colleagues in those states. 4. If you haven't yet signed the petition to support Sen. Leahy, do so now at http://www.cdt.org/petition.html. If you don't have WWW access, send mail to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "send petition" for directions. 5. Congratulate yourself! Your two-minute activism joins that of many thousands of others over the past two months. ________________________________________________________________________ SENATE CONTACT LIST Vice President Gore can be reached at: White House comment line Telephone: (202) 456-1111 (M-F 9-5 EST) Facsimile: (202) 456-2461 (M-F 9-5 EST) Email: vice-president@whitehouse.gov *** Note that we have included names of the several Senators *** *** Telecommunications Policy staffers below. Please attempt *** *** to speak to them when you call. *** US Senate Listing: D ST Name (Party) Phone Fax = == ============ ===== === R AK Murkowski, Frank H. 1-202-224-6665 1-202-224-5301 R AK Stevens, Ted 1-202-224-3004 1-202-224-1044 Earl Comstock - Technology staffer D AL Heflin, Howell T. 1-202-224-4124 1-202-224-3149 R AL Shelby, Richard C. 1-202-224-5744 1-202-224-3416 D AR Bumpers, Dale 1-202-224-4843 1-202-224-6435 Thomas Walls - Technology staffer D AR Pryor, David 1-202-224-2353 1-202-224-8261 R AZ Kyl, Jon 1-202-224-4521 1-602-840-4848 R AZ McCain, John 1-202-224-2235 1-602-952-8702 Mark Buse - Technology staffer D CA Boxer, Barbara 1-202-224-3553 na Leanne Shimabukuro - Technology staffer D CA Feinstein, Dianne 1-202-224-3841 1-202-228-3954 Robert Mestman - Technology staffer D CO Campbell, Ben N. 1-202-224-5852 1-202-225-0228 Lori Fox - Technology staffer R CO Brown, Henry 1-202-224-5941 1-202-224-6471 Liz Woodard - Technology staffer D CT Dodd, Christopher J. 1-202-224-2823 na D CT Lieberman, Joseph I. 1-202-224-4041 1-202-224-9750 D DE Biden Jr., Joseph R. 1-202-224-5042 1-202-224-0139 Demetra Lambros/Michelle Deguerin - Technology staffer R DE Roth Jr. William V. 1-202-224-2441 1-202-224-2805 D FL Graham, Robert 1-202-224-3041 1-202-224-2237 R FL Mack, Connie 1-202-224-5274 1-202-224-8022 Victoria Anderson - Technology staffer D GA Nunn, Samuel 1-202-224-3521 1-202-224-0072 Jonathan Reif - Technology staffer R GA Coverdell, Paul 1-202-224-3643 1-202-228-3783 Therese Marie Delgadillo - Technology staffer D HI Akaka, Daniel K. 1-202-224-6361 1-202-224-2126 Nanci Langley - Technology staffer D HI Inouye, Daniel K. 1-202-224-3934 1-202-224-6747 Margaret Cummisky - Technology staffer D IA Harkin, Thomas 1-202-224-3254 1-202-224-7431 Phil Buchan - Technology staffer R IA Grassley, Charles E. 1-202-224-3744 1-202-224-6020 John McNickle - Technology staffer R ID Craig, Larry E. 1-202-224-2752 1-202-224-2573 Elizabeth Criner - Technology staffer R ID Kempthorne, Dirk 1-202-224-6142 1-202-224-5893 D IL Moseley-Braun, Carol 1-202-224-2854 1-202-224-2626 Bill Mattea - Technology staffer D IL Simon, Paul 1-202-224-2152 1-202-224-0868 Susan Kaplan - Technology staffer R IN Coats, Daniel R. 1-202-224-5623 1-202-224-8964 David Crane - Technology staffer R IN Lugar, Richard G. 1-202-224-4814 1-202-224-7877 Walt Luken - Technology staffer R KS Dole, Robert 1-202-224-6521 1-202-224-8952 R KS Kassebaum, Nancy L. 1-202-224-4774 1-202-224-3514 Ed Bolen - Technology staffer D KY Ford, Wendell H. 1-202-224-4343 1-202-224-0046 Martha Maloney - Technology staffer R KY McConnell, Mitch 1-202-224-2541 1-202-224-2499 D LA Breaux, John B. 1-202-224-4623 na Thomas Moore - Technology staffer D LA Johnston, J. Bennett 1-202-224-5824 1-202-224-2952 Michael Gougisha - Technology staffer D MA Kennedy, Edward M. 1-202-224-4543 1-202-224-2417 Jeff Blattner - Technology staffer D MA Kerry, John F. 1-202-224-2742 1-202-224-8525 Scott Bunton - Technology staffer D MD Mikulski, Barbara A. 1-202-224-4654 1-202-224-8858 D MD Sarbanes, Paul S. 1-202-224-4524 1-202-224-1651 Fred Millhiser - Technology staffer R ME Snowe, Olympia 1-202-224-5344 1-202-224-6853 Angela Campbell - Technology staffer R ME Cohen, William S. 1-202-224-2523 1-202-224-2693 Kelly Metcalf - Technology staffer D MI Levin, Carl 1-202-224-6221 na R MI Abraham, Spencer 1-202-224-4822 1-202-224-8834 D MN Wellstone, Paul 1-202-224-5641 1-202-224-8438 Mike Epstein - Technology staffer R MN Grams, Rod 1-202-224-3244 na R MO Bond, Christopher S. 1-202-224-5721 1-202-224-8149 R MO Ashcroft, John 1-202-224-6154 na R MS Cochran, Thad 1-202-224-5054 1-202-224-3576 R MS Lott, Trent 1-202-224-6253 1-202-224-2262 Chip Pickering - Technology staffer D MT Baucus, Max 1-202-224-2651 na Brian Cavey - Technology staffer R MT Burns, Conrad R. 1-202-224-2644 1-202-224-8594 Mark Baker - Technology staffer R NC Faircloth, D. M. 1-202-224-3154 1-202-224-7406 R NC Helms, Jesse 1-202-224-6342 1-202-224-7588 D ND Conrad, Kent 1-202-224-2043 1-202-224-7776 Steve Super - Technology staffer D ND Dorgan, Byron L. 1-202-224-2551 1-202-224-1193 Greg Rhode - Technology staffer D NE Exon, J. J. 1-202-224-4224 1-202-224-5213 Christopher MacLean - Technology staffer D NE Kerrey, Bob 1-202-224-6551 1-202-224-7645 Carol Ann Bischoff - Technology staffer R NH Gregg, Judd 1-202-224-3324 1-202-224-4952 R NH Smith, Robert 1-202-224-2841 1-202-224-1353 D NJ Bradley, William 1-202-224-3224 1-202-224-8567 Mark Schmitt - Technology staffer D NJ Lautenberg, Frank R. 1-202-224-4744 1-202-224-9707 Bruce King - Technology staffer D NM Bingaman, Jeff 1-202-224-5521 na Wayne Propst - Technology staffer R NM Domenici, Pete V. 1-202-224-6621 1-202-224-7371 D NV Bryan, Richard H. 1-202-224-6244 1-202-224-1867 Andrew Vermilye - Technology staffer D NV Reid, Harry 1-202-224-3542 1-202-224-7327 D NY Moynihan, Daniel P. 1-202-224-4451 na R NY D'Amato, Alfonse M. 1-202-224-6542 1-202-224-5871 Kraig Siracuse - Technology staffer D OH Glenn, John 1-202-224-3353 1-202-224-7983 Susan Palmer - Technology staffer R OH Dewine, Michael 1-202-224-2315 1-202-224-6519 Josh Ruben - Technology staffer R OK Inhofe, James 1-202-224-4721 R OK Nickles, Donald 1-202-224-5754 1-202-224-6008 R OR Hatfield, Mark O. 1-202-224-3753 1-202-224-0276 R OR Packwood, Robert 1-202-224-5244 1-202-228-3576 Hans Haney - Technology staffer R PA Santorum, Rick 1-202-224-6324 1-202-228-4991 R PA Specter, Arlen 1-202-224-4254 na Dan Renberg - Technology staffer D RI Pell, Claiborne 1-202-224-4642 1-202-224-4680 R RI Chafee, John H. 1-202-224-2921 na D SC Hollings, Ernest F. 1-202-224-6121 1-202-224-4293 Kevin Josephs - Technology staffer R SC Thurmond, Strom 1-202-224-5972 1-202-224-1300 D SD Daschle, Thomas A. 1-202-224-2321 1-202-224-2047 R SD Pressler, Larry 1-202-224-5842 1-202-224-1259* Katie King - Technology staffer R TN Thompson, Fred 1-202-224-4944 1-202-228-3679 Kevin Moxley - Technology staffer R TN Frist, Bill 1-202-224-3344 1-202-224-8062 Dave Berson - Technology staffer R TX Hutchison, Kay Bailey 1-202-224-5922 1-202-224-0776 Amy Henderson - Technology staffer R TX Gramm, Phil 1-202-224-2934 1-202-228-2856 R UT Bennett, Robert 1-202-224-5444 1-202-224-6717 Amy Henderson - Technology staffer R UT Hatch, Orrin G. 1-202-224-5251 1-202-224-6331 Mike O'Neill - Technology staffer D VA Robb, Charles S. 1-202-224-4024 1-202-224-8689 Bill Owens - Technology staffer R VA Warner, John W. 1-202-224-2023 1-202-224-6295 Russel Wilkerson - Technology staffer D VT Leahy, Patrick J. 1-202-224-4242 1-202-224-3595 Beryl Howell - Technology staffer R VT Jeffords, James M. 1-202-224-5141 na Bill Testerman - Technology staffer D WA Murray, Patty 1-202-224-2621 1-202-224-0238 Mike Egan - Technology staffer R WA Gorton, Slade 1-202-224-3441 1-202-224-9393 Terri Claffey - Technology staffer D WI Feingold, Russell 1-202-224-5323 na Jeannine Kenney - Technology staffer D WI Kohl, Herbert H. 1-202-224-5653 1-202-224-9787 Jon Liebowitz - Technology staffer D WV Byrd, Robert C. 1-202-224-3954 1-202-224-4025 D WV Rockefeller, John D. 1-202-224-6472 na Cheryl Bruner - Technology staffer R WY Simpson, Alan K. 1-202-224-3424 1-202-224-1315 Michael Stull - Technology staffer R WY Thomas, Craig 1-202-224-6441 1-202-224-3230 ________________________________________________________________________ FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information on the Communications Decency Act, visit the following resources: Web Sites URL:http://www.panix.com/vtw/exon/ URL:http://epic.org/ URL:http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/ URL:http://www.cdt.org/cda.html FTP Archives URL:ftp://ftp.cdt.org/pub/cdt/policy/freespeech/00-INDEX.FREESPEECH URL:ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Alerts/ Gopher Archives: URL:gopher://gopher.panix.com/11/vtw/exon URL:gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/Alerts Email: vtw@vtw.org (put "send help" in the subject line) cda-info@cdt.org (General CDA information) cda-stat@cdt.org (Current status of the CDA) ________________________________________________________________________ LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS In order to use the net more effectively, several organizations have joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the Communications Decency Act. Please send a message to vtw@vtw.org with "send orgs" in the subject line to receive a list of these organizations. [End Alert] ------------------------------ Subject: Newsbytes ------------------ * New Draft of Comm. Decency Bill - Update As noted last issue, Sen. Exon, the Dept. of Justice, and some unnamed online service providers have attempted to fix the "bugs" in the Exon/Gorton Communications Decency Act, recently folded into the Senate telecom reform bill, S.652. All in all, the amendment fixes only superficial problems, leaving the core faults of the bill intact. Whether the DoJ or other lobbyists that worked on this draft have accepted is has not been confirmed, but Exon has adopted it. Exon attempted to have his amendment added to the en blac amendments (the Chairman's mark) for quick and easy passage, but was headed off by Leahy, who objected, putting Exon back in the position of having to propose his new language as a separate amendment to be debated and voted upon. Senate business concluded around 3pm, and that was that. The amendment, and Leahy's alternative, are expected to be debated on Mon. or Tue. It will probably be a serious floor battle - the unconstitutional provisions of Exon and possibly Coats v. the more reasonable and reasoned Leahy bill. Another source erroneously reported that Exon's language was accepted as an amendment to the Senate telecom reform bill by unanimous consent. Senate staffers confirm that this did not occur. The Exon legislation revised by this draft amendment will remain unconstitutional, as it still attempts to ban expression protected by the First Amendment. Even the regulation of indecency has been limited by the courts to very narrowly defined circumstances - none of which apply to online media. Additionally, the new version introduces a new problem: It protects only large commercial service providers from more-restrictive state laws, leaving individuals, schools, non-profits, and other groups open targets for state-level censorship. Why any of this is important: Exon's new revision is more "palatable" to some parties. If it is kept out of the bill, it will be easier to defeat the Exon language that currently resides in S.652, and have it replaced with Leahy's language. If the new draft replaces the old Exon language, it will be much more likely to pass and convincing the Senate to exise it in favor of Leahy's bill (S.714) will be more difficult. The draft changes to the Exon bill, showing what was deleted and what was added, are available at: http://www.eff.org/pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s652_051995_amend.draft ftp.eff.org, /pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s652_051995_amend.draft gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Legislation/Bills_by_number, s652_051995_amend.draft * The Other Side of the Coin: Feinstein Bill v. Bomb Material Online - Update Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) proposed and got her amendment to the Senate Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention bill, S.735, of Sen. Dole. The Feinstein provisions "prohibit the dissemination of information on the making of explosive materials with intent or knowledge that such information will be used for a criminal purpose." Though the legislation does not directly mention the Internet, it is certainly drafted to apply to online media, and was inspired by what Feinstein perceives as tools for terrorism on computer networks. Sadly, we must report that not only was the amendment accepted, but the Terrorism bill passed. Worse yet, it passed with the "roving wiretaps" section intact, calling for police wiretaps of entire areas simultaneously, so law enforcement can catch mobile members of the Four Horsement of the Infobahn ("drug dealers, organized crime, child molesters & pornographers, and terrorists"). This is pretty bad but is not yet a total disaster. This bill has quite a long way to go before it becomes law, and there are many opportunities to head it off at the pass. Also, the Feinstein provisions were watered down. Rough analysis suggests that it is even constititional, and in actually does not illegalize anything that's not already covered by current law, making it worthless ego legislation that simply exists to attract publicity and further the sponsors' political agenda. Don't take this as gospel however. Neither EFF nor other organizations in the Stop314 Coalition have the full text of the bill as it passed yet, and have not yet been able to do a full and careful analysis of it. The full text of the Feinstein *draft* can be found at: http://www.eff.org/Bills_by_number/s735_95_feinstein_amend.draft ftp.eff.org, /pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s735_95_feinstein_amend.draft gopher.eff.org, 1/Legislation/Bills_by_number, s735_95_feinstein_amend.draft NOTE: This is *not* the version that passed, but the original. It's still a good read, if you enjoy horror stories. There's plenty more to worry about from this and other anti-terrorism legislation, most of which proposes one or more unconstitional "solutions" to perceived problems, and many of which seek to expand, in some cases radically, law enforcement and intelligence wiretapping authority and abilities. These bills, archived by bill number, are also available in the Bills_by_number directory at the sites above. * Sen. Coats Gets in on the Act, Sen. Lott Takes a Bow Catching the new wave, Sen. Daniel Coats (R-IN) has announced his own Internet-censoring legislation, which is expected to be proferred as an amendment to the Senate telecom reform bill, just like everyone elses. Details of this amendment are sketchy, but expect the worst. This represents the most Far-Right net censorship paradigm yet. Sen. Lott has stated that he will not be introducing his amendment to make the Exon legislation even worse (by stipping all liablity protections for system operators). No reasons were given. * Dole/Grassley Legislation No Longer a Draft - Introduced as S.892 A bill even worse than Exon's, a true unconstitutional nightmare, was introduced shortly after last issue of EFFector: "The Protection of Children from Computer Pornography Act". This is not intended as an amendment to the telecom bill, but is stand-alone legislation. The bill's been referred to the Judiciary Committee. The *draft* version is available at: http://www.eff.org/Bills_by_number/s892_95_bill.draft ftp.eff.org, /pub/Legislation/Bills_by_number/s892_95_bill.draft gopher.eff.org, 1/Legislation/Bills_by_number, s892_95_bill.draft NOTE: This is *not* the version as introduced (we'll have that up in same directory as s892_95.bill when available), though it may be identical. ------------------------------ Subject: Errata --------------- Last issue, EFFector reported that: >> Prodigy filed a motion for summary judgment, asking to be dismissed from >> the case on the claim that Prodigy could not be held responsible for the >> postings of its users. Bill Schneck, Associate Senior Counsel for Prodigy corrected us: >In fact, the ruling was issued in response to a motion for partial >summary judgment made by the *plaintiffs*. Prodigy did not move for summary >judgment. We apologize for the error, and hope it did not confuse or inconvenience anyone. ------------------------------ Subject: Calendar of Events --------------------------- This schedule lists EFF events, and those we feel might be of interest to our members. EFF events (those sponsored by us or featuring an EFF speaker) are marked with a "*" instead of a "-" after the date. Simlarly, government events, such as deadlines for comments on reports or testimony submission, are marked with "!" in place of the "-" after the date. If you know of an event of some sort that should be listed here, please send info about it to Stanton McCandlish (mech@eff.org) The latest full version of this calendar, which includes material for later in the year as well as the next couple of months, is available from: ftp: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/calendar.eff gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF, calendar.eff http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/calendar.eff Updated: Jun. 6, 1995 1995 ---- June 11- 14 - Society & the Future of Computing (SFC'95); Tamarron Lodge, Durango, Colorado. Sponsored by the Assoc. for Computing Machinery, LANL, U. of Md., IEEE. Speakers will include Phil Agre (UCSD), Leslie Sandberg (Institute for Telemedicine), Wm. Halverson (PacBell), Don Norman (Apple), Linda Garcia (Congressional Office of Technology Assessment), John Cherniavsky (Natl. Science Found.) and several others. Email: sfc95@lanl.gov WWW: http://www.lanl.gov/LANLNews/Conferences/.sfc95/sfcHome.html/ June 13- 15 - IDT 95 - 12th Congress on Information Markets and Industries; Paris, France. Organized by ADBS (a society of information professionals), ANRT (National Association of Technological Research), and GFII (French association of information industries). Contact: +33 1 43 72 25 25 (voice), +33 1 43 72 30 41 (fax) June 17- 19 - NECC'95: Emerging Technologies and Lifelong Learning: 16th Annual National Educational Computing Conf., sponsored by International Society for Technology in Education; Baltimore, Maryland. VP Gore and Sec'y. of Labor Robert Reich invited as keynote speakers. Other speakers include: John Phillipo (CELT), Frank Knott (MGITB) Contact: +1 503 346 2834 (voice), +1 503 346 5890 (fax) Email: necc95@ccmail.uoregon.edu June 18- 21 - ED-MEDIA'95; Graz, Austria. A world conference on educational multimedia and hypermedia. Sponsor: The Association for the Advancement of Computing. Contact: +1 804 973 3987 (voice) Email: aace@virginia.edu. June 24- 28 - Workshop on Ethical & Professional Issues in Computing; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY. Deadline for submissions: Apr. 15. Contact: +1 518 276 8503 (voice), +1 518 276 2659 (fax) Email: cherkt@rpi.edu June 27- 29 - Women in Technology Conference: Channels for Change; Santa Clara Conv. Ctr., Santa Clara, Calif. Speakers include: Gloria Steinem. Sponsored by Int'l. Network of Women in Technology (WITI). Contact: +1 818 990 1987 (voice), +1 818 906 3299 (fax) Email: witi@crl.com June 28- 30 - INET '95 Internet Society 5th Ann. International Networking Conf.; Honolulu, Hawaii. Sponsored by Internet Society (ISoc). See Jan. 13 for proposal deadline Contact: +1 703 648 9888 (voice) FTP: ftp.isoc.org, /isoc/inet95/ Gopher: gopher.isoc.org, 1/isoc/inet95 WWW: http://www.isoc.org/inet95.html Email: inet95@isoc.org July 5- 7 - Key Players in the Introduction of Information Technology: Their Social Responsibility & Professional Training; Namur, Belgium. Sponsored by CREIS. Email: nolod@ccr.jussieu.fr, clobet@info.fundp.ac.be July 5- 8 - Alliance for Community Media International Conference and Trade Show. [See Jan. 31 for proposal submission deadline info]. Contact: Alliance c/o MATV, 145 Pleasant St., Malden, MA 02148 Fax: (617) 321-7121; Voice: Rika Welsh (617) 321-6400 Email: matv@world.std.com July 5- 8 - 18th International Conf. on Research & Development in Information Retrieval; Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, Wash. Email: sigir95@u.washington.edu July 6- 7 ! Interoperability & the Economics of Information Infrastructure; Freedom Forum, Rosslyn, Virginia. IITF/NSF/Harvard/FFMSC joint workshop to "analyze and evaluate economic incentives and impediments to achieving interoperability in the National Information Infrastructure. The goal is to help agencies, associations, the Administration, and the Congress to develop sound policies for realizing the vision of a seamless, interoperating NII. Deadline for proposals: Mar. 17. Deadline for submissions: June 15. Contact: +1 617 495 8903 (voice), +1 617 495 5776 (fax) Email: kahin@harvard.edu July 11- 15 - '95 Joint International Conference: Association for Computers and the Humanties, and Association for Literacy and Linguistic Computing; UCSB, Santa Barbara, Calif. Will highlight the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities Contact: Eric Dahlin, +1 805 687 5003 (voice) Email: hcf1dahl@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu July 22- 26 - Syllabus'95; Sonoma State U., Rohnert Park, Calif. "The premier conference covering the use of technology in the curriculum" Contact: 1-800-773-0670 (voice, US-only), +1 408 746 200 (voice, elsewhere) Email: syllabus@netcom.com ------------------------------ Subject: Quote of the Week -------------------------- "It's going to be an uphill fight...This will all come down to the debate. Tell people to call and write their Senators. They need to know. Now." - An aide for Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), from _Cyberwire_Dispatch_ article by Brock Meeks, June 9, 1995. Leahy strongly opposes the Communications Decency legislation and has offered a reasoned alternative. Find yourself wondering if your privacy and freedom of speech are safe when bills to censor the Internet are swimming about in a sea of of surveillance legislation and anti-terrorism hysteria? Worried that in the rush to protect us from ourselves that our government representatives may deprive us of our essential civil liberties? 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