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From: dmm@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP (David MacMillan)
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Subject: Re: Congress is now debating the future of Usenet
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Date: Thu, 21-Aug-86 15:49:22 EDT
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>the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.  
>
>This bill, S.2575, is now pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.  It

     net.ham-radio people have noted for some time that this bill
severely limits the freedom to receive radio-borne information in
a manner quite at odds with tradition.  "Orwellian" would be the
kindest term I can think of.

     Anyway, does anyone know if it would be possible to suggest to,
say, the "60 minutes" people that they (quickly) do a segment on
S.2575?  They would be the ones who could show the "average" (i.e.
non-computer, non-radio) person that his/her right to receive 
information is being limited in a dangerous, precedent setting way.
It's not a long step to overt censorship.
    The L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, and San Jose Mercury-News might be
other good avenues, as might the NPR news programs.

                                                             
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