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Re: regulating the internet
Trei, Peter enscribed thusly:
> Your question is too vague to get any kind of simple answer.
I thought her question was pretty specific and the simple answer
is yes. She asked if anyone had any opinions. I might have responded that
asking an opinionated bunch like cypherpunks if any of them have opinions
must have been a retorical question.
I think we all have opinions on regulating the internet. I
don't think the simple answer is what she WANTED though... :-)
Answering the question she ASKED is REAL SIMPLE. Just like the
joke about Microsoft support... The answer is 100% correct and completely
useless. :-)
> Regulate *what* exactly? Protocol standards? Pricing? Volume
> of traffic? Traffic content? Internationally or domestically?
> If domestic, which countries? Use of encryption? Anonymity?
> Digital signatures? Taxation? Email content? Spam? Porn?
> Usenet? Web sites? IRC? DNS naming services? Digital telephony?
>
> Packets currently fly around the world as free as migratory
> birds, and as hampered by borders.
>
> Peter Trei
> [email protected]
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jennifer DePalma [SMTP:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 1:30 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: regulating the internet
> >
> > Anyone have any opinions on the feasibility of regulating the
> > internet?
> >
>
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