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Re: Enforcing the CDA improperly may pervert Internet architecture

To: Mike McNally <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Enforcing the CDA improperly may pervert Internet architecture
From: Scott Brickner <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 13:05:42 -0500
cc: "Declan B. McCullagh" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
In-reply-to: (Your message of Tue, 09 Apr 1996 12:44:28 CDT.) <[email protected]>
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Mike McNally writes:
>Scott Brickner wrote:
>> Given your position, io.com is only accessible to adults in the world
>> of the CDA advocates.  Just upgrade your IP software to refuse
>> connections from minors.
>
>It's not "my" IP software.  I pay io for an account.  What you're saying
>is that every ISP would have to decide whether to be completely G-rated
>or else open to anybody.

Not necessarily.  The ISP could provide a configuration mechanism for
"self ratings" which the IP software would recognize.  Mislabeling would
be punishable the same way showing nekkid pictures of your wife to your
neighbor's kid is.

>Sigh.  That's probably what the CDA crowd wants.  It's hard not to become
>consumed by hatred.

Too true.  I wish they'd grow up and realize that information is inherently
harmless.  "Sticks and stones may break my bones..."

References:
- Re: Enforcing the CDA improperly may pervert Internet architecture
  - From: Mike McNally <[email protected]>

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