'Might we not have had an article today reflecting on the damage to freedom of speech and the threat to democracy of a situation where the state could dictate what is available on the Internet, irrespective of whether it is legal or not?' said Kerr."

Damned if you do, damned if you don't: Demon 'uncensored Internet' harms child porn clampdown: "But in a strongly worded letter to The Observer, David Kerr, CE of the IWF, said: ...'What if the UK industry had accepted the original position of shutting down newsgroups nominated by the police?

Get this thing while you can! These features will not be available again!

"The player also has the ability to remove the DVD Content Scrambling System (CSS). Doing so enables users to copy DVDs, similar to the functionality of the much-maligned DeCSS utility. "

Does anyone know if the March 25th meeting is going to be web cast? I'd really like to know...

'Tis a start, but I'll believe it when I see it.

"Nearly all members of an advisory commission on Tuesday afternoon said that the privacy implications of taxing electronic commerce are worrisome enough that Congress should hold hearings on the topic."

News Flash, 1996: "The browser was is over, and Netscape has won. Why does Microsoft bother with their 'Internet Explorer'?"

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  • Slightly tongue in cheek, I would say that the occasional episode of the [Royal Canadian Air] Farce would actually give you a fairly good understanding of Canadian government. ;-) - Bradley Peters (a wee bit out o' context)