Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Canadian proposal to WTO on ecommerce

1999-11-29 Thread baptista
another political - corporate move to take over the internet. another good reason to get on with it. meet you soon in orange. -- J. Baptista Planet Communications & Computing Facility Voice/Fax (212) 894-3704 ext. 1033

[IFWP] WTO: Making the World Safe for Corporations

1999-11-29 Thread Jay Fenello
FYI: Original Message Subject: WTO: Making the World Safe for Corporations Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:16:06 -0500 From: enrique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.politics.democrats.d,alt.politics.reform,alt .politics.libertarian,alt.politics.gre

[IFWP] Fwd: EC response to TACD recommendations on e-commerce and intellectual property

1999-11-29 Thread Jay Fenello
FYI: >Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:23:03 -0500 >From: James Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Multiple recipients of list RANDOM-BITS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: EC response to TACD recommendations on e-commerce and intellectual > property > >--- EC response to TACD recommendations on e-commer

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Canadian proposal to WTO on ecommerce

1999-11-29 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Could somebody translate this into English ? >>PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1999 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE >>Electronic Commerce >>Communication from Canada >> >> The following communication, dated 23 September 1999, has been >> received >>from the Permanent Mission of Canada. >> >>___

[IFWP] Fwd: Canadian proposal to WTO on ecommerce

1999-11-29 Thread Jay Fenello
FYI: >Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:51:30 -0500 >From: James Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Multiple recipients of list RANDOM-BITS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Canadian proposal to WTO on ecommerce > >This proposal from Canada to the WTO regarding ecommerce would give the >WTO a pretty broad mand

Re: [IFWP] pwhatq.com?

1999-11-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Richard, Mark and all, ROFLMAO.. Nice going here Richard. BTW Mark, I am sure you would except my registration of pesthersucksq.com, right? Of course you would! >;) Or maybe, picannfraudq.com? >;) Richard J. Sexton wrote: > piiq.com > > At 05:35 PM 11/29/99 -0500, you wrote: > > > >I j

Re: [IFWP] pwhatq.com?

1999-11-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Mark and all, Well I guess the only relevant question here is "Did you take their request for registration of pfuckq.com? ANything else isn't really relevant as far as I can see Unless of course you are suggesting, or someone is, that registering DN's starting with "p" and ending with "q"

Re: [IFWP] Australia and Computer Privacy

1999-11-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Joop and all,   Joop, thanks for providing this link (Story).  Looks like the GAC has been at work here to a degree, huh?  >;)   There is one part that I think you need to delineate a bit more clearly though.  That being the following excerpt: "Labor has also expressed concern that the law allows

Re: [IFWP] Esther Dyson's reply

1999-11-29 Thread Mark R Measday
Joop, it's not fair to quote out of context. I appreciate your arguments, but this was originally in response to a thread concerning the WTO and ICANN's engagement with that organization. Esther Dyson was commenting on the mess the WTO is, I think, not making statements concerning theoretical glob

Re: [IFWP] Australia and Computer Privacy

1999-11-29 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Oh well, at least they recognized they're *private* computer systems and not part of some fairy tale "public internet". At 09:07 AM 11/30/99 +1200, you wrote: > >http://www.newswire.com.au/9911/asio.htm > >Excerpt: > >Parliament has passed laws that allow the Australian Security Intelligence > Or

Re: [IFWP] pwhatq.com?

1999-11-29 Thread Richard J. Sexton
piiq.com At 05:35 PM 11/29/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I just woke up it seems, someobody on the weekend mentioned the company >that announced the new p__q.com domain and I went off on a nice tangent >on uk.com etc. > >What I didn't clue into at the time was who on earth would that company >possi

[IFWP] Australia and Computer Privacy

1999-11-29 Thread Joop Teernstra
http://www.newswire.com.au/9911/asio.htm Excerpt: Parliament has passed laws that allow the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to tap into and alter data on private computer systems. The ASIO Amendment Bill 1999 passed the Senate yesterday, giving federal authorities the p

[IFWP] Esther Dyson's reply

1999-11-29 Thread Joop Teernstra
Esther wrote: >>It is not governing > >the world, and god forbid *anything* should be put to a global vote. Esther, I do not want to read or understand this statement out of context, as I think I understand what you were thinking of when you wrote that (world government is abhorrent, whether

[IFWP] pwhatq.com?

1999-11-29 Thread Mark Jeftovic
I just woke up it seems, someobody on the weekend mentioned the company that announced the new p__q.com domain and I went off on a nice tangent on uk.com etc. What I didn't clue into at the time was who on earth would that company possibly "secure" the lockdown on all p*q.com domain name and

Re: [IFWP] RE: ICANN Update

1999-11-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Jay and all, Great post here. I could not agree with you more in your evaluation. I am sure that many others (Majority) also see this situation much as you do but have either been coopted or are afraid to speak out for reasons, unknown to many of us. And that is the biggest problem, lack of s

[IFWP] Internet Labels Lose Meaning in Rush for Popular Addresses (fwd)

1999-11-29 Thread Patrick Greenwell
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/29name.html Of particular interest was the following: "...Michael M. Roberts, interim president and chief executive of Icann -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the network's new governing body..." The press seem

RE: [IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submissionfrom[]

1999-11-29 Thread Gordon Cook
Tony rutkowski is far better equipped than i to answer questions about NTIA tony? >Ronda Hauben wrote: > > >>I came across a description of the Office of Telecommunications > >>Policy set up in the White House during Nixon's Presidency. > >> > >>The office was to centralize power over

[IFWP] RE: ICANN Update

1999-11-29 Thread Jay Fenello
FYI, from the com-priv list: At 03:21 PM 11/24/99 , Pete Farmer wrote: >Jay Fenello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > >Hi Pete, > > > >I see you're a student of the Dave Crocker > >school of disinformation and innuendo ;-) > >Jay, > >I apologize. My post was rather mean-spirited and unneces

RE: [IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from[]

1999-11-29 Thread msondow
Ronda Hauben wrote: >>I came across a description of the Office of Telecommunications >>Policy set up in the White House during Nixon's Presidency. >> >>The office was to centralize power over telecommunications in >>the hands of the President. The counsel was from a lawfirm >>