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David Smith
Nov 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM11/22/95
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>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:47:45 -0500 (EST)
>From: Coalition to stop net censorship <sha...@VTW.ORG>
>To: vtw-an...@VTW.ORG
>Subject: ALERT:Call Congress for Thanksgiving to stop net censorship bills!
>Sender: owner-vtw...@VTW.ORG
>Precedence: bulk
>Reply-To: vtw-an...@VTW.ORG
>
>========================================================================
> CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS
> (INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT AND THE MGRS AMDT)
>
> Short Update: Negotiations continue; we're still in danger.
>
> What You Can Do Now: Call Telecomm conferees at their home offices
> over Thanksgiving recess!
>
> CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION
> Nov 20, 1995
>
> PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT
> REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL December 1, 1995
> REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>CONTENTS
> The Latest News
> What You Can Do Now
> Legislative History
> List of Participating Organizations
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>THE LATEST NEWS
>
>Calls are coming into the offices of Gingrich and Dole at a good clip.
>However we believe the conferees are now debating the fate of the net.
>As the Conference Committee goes home for Thanksgiving recess, we need
>to keep the pressure on.
>
>Call Congress now and tell them that parental empowerment not government
>censorship is the only effective means to addressing childrens' access
>to objectionable content on the Internet. Don't wait. The stakes here
>are too high.
>
>Please look below at the list of legislators and call the home offices
>of the legislators in your state. Please do not call legislators at
>home. Please do not send email to them (it will not be effective).
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
>
>1. Most of the proposals available to the conference committee will
> fundamentally restrict your speech on the Internet and other public
> networks. Look at the list below and call the legislators in your
> state and ask them not to censor the net. If none of them are in
> your state, call Gingrich and Dole at their home offices.
>
> If we cannot convince the conference committee to make the right
> choices at this juncture, we will have lost this campaign.
>
> To see which legislator is yours, consult the free ZIPPER service
> that matches Zip Codes to Congressional districts with about 85%
> accuracy at:
>
> URL:http://www.stardot.com/~lukeseem/zip.html
>
> Or simply look at the list below organized by states.
>
> Home Office
> Name, Address, and Party Phone
> ======================== ==============
> Arkansas
> Rep. B. Lambert-Lincoln (D-AR) 501-972-4600
>
> Alaska
> Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) 907-456-0261
>
> Arizona
> Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) 602-952-2410
>
> California
> Rep. Carlos Moorhead (R-CA) 818-247-8445
> Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) 805-485-2300
> Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) 818-891-0543
> Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) 415-323-2984
>
> Colorado
> Rep. Pat. Schroeder (D-CO) 303-866-1230
> Rep. Daniel Schaefer (R-CO) 303-762-8890
>
> Florida
> Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) 904-351-8011
>
> Georgia
> Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) 404-429-1776
> Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) 404-565-6398
>
> Hawaii
> Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) 808-541-2542
>
> Illinois
> Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) 312-224-6500
> Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) 708-406-1114
> Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) 708-832-5950
> Rep. Michael Flanagan (R-IL) 312-276-6000
>
> Indiana
> Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) 219-583-9819
>
> Kansas
> Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) 913-295-2745
>
> Kentucky
> Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY) 502-685-5158
>
> Massachusetts
> Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) 617-396-2900
>
> Michigan
> Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) 313-846-1276
> Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) 313-961-5670
>
> Mississippi
> Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) 601-762-5400
>
> Montana
> Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) 406-252-0550
>
> Nebraska
> Sen. Jim Exon (D-NE) 402-437-5591
>
> New York
> Rep. Bill Paxon (R-NY) 716-634-2324
> Rep. Daniel Frisa (R-NY) 516-872-9550
>
> Ohio
> Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH) 419-423-3210
> Rep. Martin Hoke (R-OH) 216-356-2010
> Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 216-934-5100
>
> South Carolina
> Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC) 803-727-4525
>
> South Dakota
> Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD) 605-226-7471
>
> Tennessee
> Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) 615-896-1986
>
> Texas
> Rep. Jack Fields (R-TX) 713-540-8000
> Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) 817-543-1000
> Rep. John Bryant (D-TX) 901-382-5811
> Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) 713-655-0050
>
> Virginia
> Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-VA) 804-771-2809
> Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) 703-628-1145
> Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA) 804-380-1000
> Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) 703-857-2672
>
> Washington
> Rep. Rick White (R-WA) 206-640-0233
> Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA) 206-553-0350
>
> Wisconsin
> Rep. Scott Klug (R-WI) 608-257-9200
>
> West Virginia
> Sen. J.D. Rockefeller (D-WV) 303-347-5372
>
> If you're at a loss for words, try one of the following:
>
> Please oppose the unconstitutional proposals in the Telecomm
> Deregulation bill that would censor the Internet. The only
> effective way to address children's access to objectionable
> material on the Internet is through parental control tools
> not government censorship outlined by the Cox/White/Wyden
> approach.
>
> May I please have an appointment to come and talk with the legislator
> or someone on staff about these issues?
>
> or
> As a religious person and a parent, I oppose the unconstitutional
> Internet censorship language currently attached to the Telecomm
> Deregulation bill. I am the best person to monitor my
> child's access to the Internet using parental control tools
> as outlined in the Cox/White/Wyden approach.
>
> May I please have an appointment to come and talk with the legislator
> or someone on staff about these issues?
> or
> Although there is information on the Internet that I wouldn't
> allow my children to see, I don't agree with the proposals
> in the Telecomm Deregulation bill that would censor the Internet.
> As a parent, I have parental control tools, such as those
> encouraged in the Cox/White/Wyden approach available to me that
> are far more effective at controlling my children's access to the
> Internet than censorship laws will be.
>
> May I please have an appointment to come and talk with the legislator
> or someone on staff about these issues?
>
> Send mail to v...@vtw.org and let us know how it went.
>
> $ Mail v...@vtw.org
> Subject: phoned Congressman XXX
>
> They thanked me for my opinion and I'll be meeting with a staff
> member on Friday morning, and the legislator may drop in too!
>
> ^D
> Mail sent!
>
>2. If one of the legislators above is yours, please make an appointment
> to see them or one of their staff in the home office as soon as possible
> to express your concerns about this legislation.
>
> As background information, you should ensure that you read the
> Internet Parental Control FAQ and the Communications Decency Act
> FAQ found at URL:http://www.vtw.org/. Also, send mail to
> volu...@vtw.org and a coordinator will phone you before the
> meeting to give you some tips on running an effective meeting with
> a legislator or staff member.
>
>3. If you run any sort of system that allows a welcome message for all
> users, please add the following:
>
> The Religious Right is attempting to shut down the net by passing
> legislation that would make services like this one liable
> for what you say and read on the Internet. Please call Congress
> now; for more info URL:http://www.vtw.org/ or send mail to
> fi...@vtw.org with "send alert" in the subject line. (11/20/95)
>
> If you have a Web page that gets a lot of traffic, please add the
> following link:
>
> <a href="http://www.vtw.org/">
> Stop the Religious Right from shutting down online free
> speech! (11/8/95)</a>
>
>4. Join the online fight by becoming a volunteer for your district!
>
> If your legislator is in the list above, please send mail to
> volu...@vtw.org to volunteer to be a representative for your
> district.
>
>5. We can't suggest relaxing at this point. The stakes are too high, and
> the risk is too great. Everything now hangs in the balance.
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
>
>We are near the end of this year's campaign. Congress has passed four
>different bills, all aimed at regulating your communications on the
>Internet. They range from deregulation proposals that empower parents
>to control their children's access to the net (HR1978 "Cox/Wyden/White")
>to overly-regulatory proposals that "dumb down" the level of all Internet
>content to that which is acceptable to children. (the HR1555 Managers
>Amendment). You can see a synopsis of each of these in VTW's BillWatch
>#13 at URL:http://www.vtw.org/billwatch/issue.13.html
>
>Were the conference committee to simply throw this all into the kettle
>and pass it all, it would be terrible. However, several groups considered
>to be part of the "Religious Right" urged the conference committee to pass
>an even more restrictive proposal which would:
>
>-Make internet providers, online services, and libraries criminally liable
> for expression online.
>-Create a standard for criminalizing "indecency" online, dumbing down
> every Web page, newsgroups, discussion forum, and chat system.
>-Give the FCC jurisdiction over speech in cyberspace and software that
> might be used to filter children's access to the net.
>
>This proposal was signed by representatives from the Christian Coalition,
>the Concerned Women of America, the American Family Association, Eagle
>Forum, the Traditional Values Coalition, and Morality in Media.
>
>For a full analysis of the Religious Right's proposal, and a copy of their
>proposed legislation and their letter to the Conference Committee, see
>the alert at URL:http://www.vtw.org/alerts/
>
>Alternatively, representatives from large and small businesses and public
>interest organizations recently sent letters to Congress asking them not
>censor the Internet. In addition, a collection of conservative groups
>that advocate restricting childrens' access to the Internet through
>parental control instead of government censorship recently sent a letter
>to Congress as well. Here's where to find them:
>
>The letter from large industry businesses can be found at:
>URL:http://www.cdt.org/policy/freespeech/1109_iwg_ltr.html
>The letter from small businesses can be found at:
>URL:http://www.vtw.org/cdaletter/
>The letter from the conservative groups can be found at:
>URL:http://www.cdt.org/policy/freespeech/cons_110795_ltr.html
>The letter from the advocacy organizations can be obtained by
>sending mail to info...@aclu.org with "organizations opposed
>to online censorship" in the subject line of your message.
>
>At this time, the conference committee is still debating the issue.
>Advocates of business and free speech are contacting Congress.
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>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.
>
>
>American Civil Liberties Union * American Communication Association *
>American Council for the Arts * Arts & Technology Society * Association
>of Alternative Newsweeklies * biancaTroll productions * Boston
>Coalition for Freedom of Expression * Californians Against Censorship
>Together * Center For Democracy And Technology * Centre for Democratic
>Communications * Center for Public Representation * Citizen's Voice -
>New Zealand * Cloud 9 Internet *Computer Communicators Association *
>Computel Network Services * Computer Professionals for Social
>Responsibility * Cross Connection * Cyber-Rights Campaign * CyberQueer
>Lounge * Dutch Digital Citizens' Movement * ECHO Communications Group,
>Inc. * Electronic Frontier Canada * Electronic Frontier Foundation *
>Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin * Electronic Frontiers
>Australia * Electronic Frontiers Houston * Electronic Frontiers New
>Hampshire * Electronic Privacy Information Center * Feminists For Free
>Expression * First Amendment Teach-In * Florida Coalition Against
>Censorship * FranceCom, Inc. Web Advertising Services * Friendly
>Anti-Censorship Taskforce for Students * Hands Off! The Net * Inland
>Book Company * Inner Circle Technologies, Inc. * Inst. for Global
>Communications * Internet On-Ramp, Inc. * Internet Users Consortium *
>Joint Artists' and Music Promotions Political Action Committee * The
>Libertarian Party * Marijuana Policy Project * Metropolitan Data
>Networks Ltd. * MindVox * MN Grassroots Party * National Bicycle
>Greenway * National Campaign for Freedom of Expression * National
>Coalition Against Censorship * National Gay and Lesbian Task Force *
>National Public Telecomputing Network * National Writers Union * Oregon
>Coast RISC * Panix Public Access Internet * People for the American Way
>* Republican Liberty Caucus * Rock Out Censorship * Society for
>Electronic Access * The Thing International BBS Network * The WELL *
>Voters Telecommunications Watch
>
>(Note: All 'Electronic Frontier' organizations are independent entities,
> not EFF chapters or divisions.)
>
>________________________________________________________________________
> End Alert
>========================================================================
>
David Smith * "We truly believe that even though we live in an
evil
bla...@bga.com * world, if you can stand up with a stronger
will, then you
President, EFF-Austin * can't be beaten down. This is the true spirit
of the
Board of Directors, CTCLU * EFF-Austin member" -- John Woo
>From: Coalition to stop net censorship <sha...@VTW.ORG>
>To: vtw-an...@VTW.ORG
>Subject: ALERT:Call Congress for Thanksgiving to stop net censorship bills!
>Sender: owner-vtw...@VTW.ORG
>Precedence: bulk
>Reply-To: vtw-an...@VTW.ORG
>
>========================================================================
> CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS
> (INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT AND THE MGRS AMDT)
>
> Short Update: Negotiations continue; we're still in danger.
>
> What You Can Do Now: Call Telecomm conferees at their home offices
> over Thanksgiving recess!
>
> CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION
> Nov 20, 1995
>
> PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT
> REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL December 1, 1995
> REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>CONTENTS
> The Latest News
> What You Can Do Now
> Legislative History
> List of Participating Organizations
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>THE LATEST NEWS
>
>Calls are coming into the offices of Gingrich and Dole at a good clip.
>However we believe the conferees are now debating the fate of the net.
>As the Conference Committee goes home for Thanksgiving recess, we need
>to keep the pressure on.
>
>Call Congress now and tell them that parental empowerment not government
>censorship is the only effective means to addressing childrens' access
>to objectionable content on the Internet. Don't wait. The stakes here
>are too high.
>
>Please look below at the list of legislators and call the home offices
>of the legislators in your state. Please do not call legislators at
>home. Please do not send email to them (it will not be effective).
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
>
>1. Most of the proposals available to the conference committee will
> fundamentally restrict your speech on the Internet and other public
> networks. Look at the list below and call the legislators in your
> state and ask them not to censor the net. If none of them are in
> your state, call Gingrich and Dole at their home offices.
>
> If we cannot convince the conference committee to make the right
> choices at this juncture, we will have lost this campaign.
>
> To see which legislator is yours, consult the free ZIPPER service
> that matches Zip Codes to Congressional districts with about 85%
> accuracy at:
>
> URL:http://www.stardot.com/~lukeseem/zip.html
>
> Or simply look at the list below organized by states.
>
> Home Office
> Name, Address, and Party Phone
> ======================== ==============
> Arkansas
> Rep. B. Lambert-Lincoln (D-AR) 501-972-4600
>
> Alaska
> Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) 907-456-0261
>
> Arizona
> Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) 602-952-2410
>
> California
> Rep. Carlos Moorhead (R-CA) 818-247-8445
> Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) 805-485-2300
> Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) 818-891-0543
> Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) 415-323-2984
>
> Colorado
> Rep. Pat. Schroeder (D-CO) 303-866-1230
> Rep. Daniel Schaefer (R-CO) 303-762-8890
>
> Florida
> Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) 904-351-8011
>
> Georgia
> Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) 404-429-1776
> Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) 404-565-6398
>
> Hawaii
> Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) 808-541-2542
>
> Illinois
> Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) 312-224-6500
> Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) 708-406-1114
> Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) 708-832-5950
> Rep. Michael Flanagan (R-IL) 312-276-6000
>
> Indiana
> Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) 219-583-9819
>
> Kansas
> Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) 913-295-2745
>
> Kentucky
> Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY) 502-685-5158
>
> Massachusetts
> Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) 617-396-2900
>
> Michigan
> Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) 313-846-1276
> Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) 313-961-5670
>
> Mississippi
> Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) 601-762-5400
>
> Montana
> Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) 406-252-0550
>
> Nebraska
> Sen. Jim Exon (D-NE) 402-437-5591
>
> New York
> Rep. Bill Paxon (R-NY) 716-634-2324
> Rep. Daniel Frisa (R-NY) 516-872-9550
>
> Ohio
> Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH) 419-423-3210
> Rep. Martin Hoke (R-OH) 216-356-2010
> Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 216-934-5100
>
> South Carolina
> Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC) 803-727-4525
>
> South Dakota
> Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD) 605-226-7471
>
> Tennessee
> Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) 615-896-1986
>
> Texas
> Rep. Jack Fields (R-TX) 713-540-8000
> Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) 817-543-1000
> Rep. John Bryant (D-TX) 901-382-5811
> Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) 713-655-0050
>
> Virginia
> Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-VA) 804-771-2809
> Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) 703-628-1145
> Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA) 804-380-1000
> Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) 703-857-2672
>
> Washington
> Rep. Rick White (R-WA) 206-640-0233
> Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA) 206-553-0350
>
> Wisconsin
> Rep. Scott Klug (R-WI) 608-257-9200
>
> West Virginia
> Sen. J.D. Rockefeller (D-WV) 303-347-5372
>
> If you're at a loss for words, try one of the following:
>
> Please oppose the unconstitutional proposals in the Telecomm
> Deregulation bill that would censor the Internet. The only
> effective way to address children's access to objectionable
> material on the Internet is through parental control tools
> not government censorship outlined by the Cox/White/Wyden
> approach.
>
> May I please have an appointment to come and talk with the legislator
> or someone on staff about these issues?
>
> or
> As a religious person and a parent, I oppose the unconstitutional
> Internet censorship language currently attached to the Telecomm
> Deregulation bill. I am the best person to monitor my
> child's access to the Internet using parental control tools
> as outlined in the Cox/White/Wyden approach.
>
> May I please have an appointment to come and talk with the legislator
> or someone on staff about these issues?
> or
> Although there is information on the Internet that I wouldn't
> allow my children to see, I don't agree with the proposals
> in the Telecomm Deregulation bill that would censor the Internet.
> As a parent, I have parental control tools, such as those
> encouraged in the Cox/White/Wyden approach available to me that
> are far more effective at controlling my children's access to the
> Internet than censorship laws will be.
>
> May I please have an appointment to come and talk with the legislator
> or someone on staff about these issues?
>
> Send mail to v...@vtw.org and let us know how it went.
>
> $ Mail v...@vtw.org
> Subject: phoned Congressman XXX
>
> They thanked me for my opinion and I'll be meeting with a staff
> member on Friday morning, and the legislator may drop in too!
>
> ^D
> Mail sent!
>
>2. If one of the legislators above is yours, please make an appointment
> to see them or one of their staff in the home office as soon as possible
> to express your concerns about this legislation.
>
> As background information, you should ensure that you read the
> Internet Parental Control FAQ and the Communications Decency Act
> FAQ found at URL:http://www.vtw.org/. Also, send mail to
> volu...@vtw.org and a coordinator will phone you before the
> meeting to give you some tips on running an effective meeting with
> a legislator or staff member.
>
>3. If you run any sort of system that allows a welcome message for all
> users, please add the following:
>
> The Religious Right is attempting to shut down the net by passing
> legislation that would make services like this one liable
> for what you say and read on the Internet. Please call Congress
> now; for more info URL:http://www.vtw.org/ or send mail to
> fi...@vtw.org with "send alert" in the subject line. (11/20/95)
>
> If you have a Web page that gets a lot of traffic, please add the
> following link:
>
> <a href="http://www.vtw.org/">
> Stop the Religious Right from shutting down online free
> speech! (11/8/95)</a>
>
>4. Join the online fight by becoming a volunteer for your district!
>
> If your legislator is in the list above, please send mail to
> volu...@vtw.org to volunteer to be a representative for your
> district.
>
>5. We can't suggest relaxing at this point. The stakes are too high, and
> the risk is too great. Everything now hangs in the balance.
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
>
>We are near the end of this year's campaign. Congress has passed four
>different bills, all aimed at regulating your communications on the
>Internet. They range from deregulation proposals that empower parents
>to control their children's access to the net (HR1978 "Cox/Wyden/White")
>to overly-regulatory proposals that "dumb down" the level of all Internet
>content to that which is acceptable to children. (the HR1555 Managers
>Amendment). You can see a synopsis of each of these in VTW's BillWatch
>#13 at URL:http://www.vtw.org/billwatch/issue.13.html
>
>Were the conference committee to simply throw this all into the kettle
>and pass it all, it would be terrible. However, several groups considered
>to be part of the "Religious Right" urged the conference committee to pass
>an even more restrictive proposal which would:
>
>-Make internet providers, online services, and libraries criminally liable
> for expression online.
>-Create a standard for criminalizing "indecency" online, dumbing down
> every Web page, newsgroups, discussion forum, and chat system.
>-Give the FCC jurisdiction over speech in cyberspace and software that
> might be used to filter children's access to the net.
>
>This proposal was signed by representatives from the Christian Coalition,
>the Concerned Women of America, the American Family Association, Eagle
>Forum, the Traditional Values Coalition, and Morality in Media.
>
>For a full analysis of the Religious Right's proposal, and a copy of their
>proposed legislation and their letter to the Conference Committee, see
>the alert at URL:http://www.vtw.org/alerts/
>
>Alternatively, representatives from large and small businesses and public
>interest organizations recently sent letters to Congress asking them not
>censor the Internet. In addition, a collection of conservative groups
>that advocate restricting childrens' access to the Internet through
>parental control instead of government censorship recently sent a letter
>to Congress as well. Here's where to find them:
>
>The letter from large industry businesses can be found at:
>URL:http://www.cdt.org/policy/freespeech/1109_iwg_ltr.html
>The letter from small businesses can be found at:
>URL:http://www.vtw.org/cdaletter/
>The letter from the conservative groups can be found at:
>URL:http://www.cdt.org/policy/freespeech/cons_110795_ltr.html
>The letter from the advocacy organizations can be obtained by
>sending mail to info...@aclu.org with "organizations opposed
>to online censorship" in the subject line of your message.
>
>At this time, the conference committee is still debating the issue.
>Advocates of business and free speech are contacting Congress.
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>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.
>
>
>American Civil Liberties Union * American Communication Association *
>American Council for the Arts * Arts & Technology Society * Association
>of Alternative Newsweeklies * biancaTroll productions * Boston
>Coalition for Freedom of Expression * Californians Against Censorship
>Together * Center For Democracy And Technology * Centre for Democratic
>Communications * Center for Public Representation * Citizen's Voice -
>New Zealand * Cloud 9 Internet *Computer Communicators Association *
>Computel Network Services * Computer Professionals for Social
>Responsibility * Cross Connection * Cyber-Rights Campaign * CyberQueer
>Lounge * Dutch Digital Citizens' Movement * ECHO Communications Group,
>Inc. * Electronic Frontier Canada * Electronic Frontier Foundation *
>Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin * Electronic Frontiers
>Australia * Electronic Frontiers Houston * Electronic Frontiers New
>Hampshire * Electronic Privacy Information Center * Feminists For Free
>Expression * First Amendment Teach-In * Florida Coalition Against
>Censorship * FranceCom, Inc. Web Advertising Services * Friendly
>Anti-Censorship Taskforce for Students * Hands Off! The Net * Inland
>Book Company * Inner Circle Technologies, Inc. * Inst. for Global
>Communications * Internet On-Ramp, Inc. * Internet Users Consortium *
>Joint Artists' and Music Promotions Political Action Committee * The
>Libertarian Party * Marijuana Policy Project * Metropolitan Data
>Networks Ltd. * MindVox * MN Grassroots Party * National Bicycle
>Greenway * National Campaign for Freedom of Expression * National
>Coalition Against Censorship * National Gay and Lesbian Task Force *
>National Public Telecomputing Network * National Writers Union * Oregon
>Coast RISC * Panix Public Access Internet * People for the American Way
>* Republican Liberty Caucus * Rock Out Censorship * Society for
>Electronic Access * The Thing International BBS Network * The WELL *
>Voters Telecommunications Watch
>
>(Note: All 'Electronic Frontier' organizations are independent entities,
> not EFF chapters or divisions.)
>
>________________________________________________________________________
> End Alert
>========================================================================
>
David Smith * "We truly believe that even though we live in an
evil
bla...@bga.com * world, if you can stand up with a stronger
will, then you
President, EFF-Austin * can't be beaten down. This is the true spirit
of the
Board of Directors, CTCLU * EFF-Austin member" -- John Woo
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