Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:41:29 -0500 From: "K.Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Boston Folks - public hearing Bill 2743 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please pass this along if appropriate. House, No. 2743 Bill was introduced in Mass by a Rep Stephen Tobin of Boston http://www.state.ma.us/legis/member/ast1.htm Petition of A. Stephen Tobin for legislation to establish a crime of illegal internet and broadband access and establishing penalties therefor. Hearing is scheduled Mass State House in Boston. Public Hearing date Apr 2 am at 10:00 in Room 222 http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h02743.htm REF: New Bills Would Make Firewalls Illegal March 31, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports released on Monday, the US states of Massachusetts and Texas are each preparing to consider bills that would extend the national Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by making firewalls, among other things, illegal. <snip> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:10:56PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html > > Quoting: > > Here is one example of the far-reaching harmful effects of > these bills. Both bills would flatly ban the possession, sale, > or use of technologies that "conceal from a communication > service provider ... the existence or place of origin or > destination of any communication". > > -- > Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karen Ellis --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
