Previous Politech messages: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04940.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-04942.html --- From: "Neal Horsley" <nhorsleyat_private> To: "'Peter Hollings'" <phollingsat_private> Cc: <declanat_private>, <lessigat_private>, <infoat_private> Subject: RE: "Abortion Abolishionist" given 5 pm deadline to delete websites Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 06:52:44 -0400 Organization: We Choose Life I just realized who this connects to so I'll avail myself of the opportunity. The public utility basis for government oversight of the Internet is obvious to anyone who looks and, if reason and logic are to play a part in the future of the USA, one way or another will become the basis for Internet law. But the most urgent danger facing this nation is the courts' willingness to use the Internet to train we the people to be afraid to yell fire even when there is one and nobody has noticed. http://www.christiangallery.com/truethreat.html explains what I mean--if it is still online. I know it is weird and I don't claim to understand it, but the fact that you guys are at least looking in this direction fills me with hope. Neal -----Original Message----- From: Peter Hollings [mailto:phollingsat_private] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:09 PM To: nhorsleyat_private Cc: declanat_private; lessigat_private; infoat_private Subject: Re: "Abortion Abolishionist" given 5 pm deadline to delete websites Although I may not agree with the positions expressed on your websites, I believe you have a right to express them on the Internet. My analogy is that the Internet is a public utility to which all must have the right of access, regardless of political belief. Would it be acceptable for an electrical utility or a phone company to cut off a subscriber because of their political opinion? I think not. I believe that this is a position that needs to be enshrined in our country'e legal canons -- by litigation, if necessary. Peter Hollings --- From: "Matt Del Vecchio" <mdelvecchioat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: RE: "Abortion Abolishionist" given 5 pm deadline to delete websites Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:43:03 -0500 Hi Declan, (I would reply to your "Correction to 'Abortion Abolishionist's' hosting service" email, but I've lost it. http://www.politechbot.com/p-04942.html) In that above link, you mentioned the corrected host of the sites is Houston's "Everyones Internet". Interestingly, I just came across them in in the news: NYT/Yahoo's "Hackers Hijack PC's for Sex Sites" (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nyt/20030711/ts_nyt/hack ershijackpcsforsexsites). In that story, it mentions some ghostware that sends SPAM and other pr0n stuff from an unspecting user's computer. A clip: "The current version of the ring is not completely anonymous, since the hijacked machines download the pornographic ads from a single Web server. According to the computer investigators, that machine apparently is owned by Everyones Internet, a large independent Internet service company in Houston". I'd never heard of this company by name until twice this week. matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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