>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News >Service (RRE). Send any replies to the original author, listed in >the From: field below. You are welcome to send the message along to >others but please do not use the "redirect" command. For information >on RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, see >http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html or send a message >to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: info rre >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:20:38 -0400 >From: Michael Sondow <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > INTERNET PRIVATIZATION: > OPEN COMPETITION OR MONOPOLY CONTROL? > > Featuring: > MILTON MUELLER, Syracuse Univ > LAWRENCE LESSIG, Harvard Univ > (and a panel of distinguished representatives of > public interest on the Internet) > > Will Users have a voice in determining the future of the Internet? > > Forum on Domain Names and Internet Governance, September > Sept. 23, 7 - 10 PM, at Cooper Union for the Advancement of > Science and Art in N.Y. (and on the Net Sept. 21 - 23) > >============================================================= > > INTERNET USERS CONFERENCE > >The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, in >collaboration with the International Congress of Independent >Internet Users, is hosting an Internet Users Conference. The main >topic of the conference will be: "Internet Privatization: Open >Competition or Monopoly Control?". The key event will be a forum on >the evening of September 23rd, 7 - 10pm, in the Great Hall, 7th >Street & 3rd Ave in Manhattan, with Milton Mueller (Syracuse U. >School of Information Studies), Larry Lessig > >(Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society), Marcy >Gordon (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Paul >Garrin (PGMedia, Inc.) and others. The forum will be videotaped by >NYU-TV and netcast by Cooper Union and will include teleconferencing >with major Internet personalities worldwide as well as the debut of >a new online conferencing program developed by the Cyber Law >Institute. > > Sponsors include: >New York Free Media Alliance >InternationalCongress of Independent Internet Users >Cooper Union >NYU-TV >Cyber Law Institute > > > >TAKING BACK THE NET: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE ON-LINE > >Come to an Open Forum and Panel Discussion on Domain Names and >Internet Governance on Wednesday, September 23, 1998, from 7:00 to >10:00pm in the > >Great Hall of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and >Art in > >New York City. The Great Hall is located in the college's Foundation >Building, 7th Street at Third Avenue, Manhattan. > >***** .net, .org, .art, .com, .media, .gov, .law, .edu > >These are Top Level Domains (TLDs), the critical part of your >Internet Domain Name or Web address. They help define your identity >on the Internet, and they tell people how to access your content. > >A single U.S. corporation has a monopoly over them. It decides which >are valid. Now this domain name system may be further privatized. >Find out how this relates to the issues of free speech, public >access, and freedom of choice, all of which are at serious risk on >the Net due to the closed discussion between corporate and >government interests. > >IF INDEPENDENT INTERNET USERS MOBILIZE QUICKLY, THEY CAN BE PART OF >THIS HISTORIC DEBATE > >Some questions that will be addressed at the Cooper Union forum: > >* What do monopolies have to do with the Internet? How will this >affectusers? > >* Who wants to privatize the Internet? How is it being done? Why >should we care? > >* How are free speech and freedom of choice on the Internet being >jeopardized? What can we do about it? > >* What is public opinion about the future of the Internet, Top Level >Domain monopoly control, and user representation on the governing >board of the new central Internet authority? How can we affect the >coming changes? > >WHAT YOU CAN DO: THE DNS.FORUM > >You can get involved right now by joining DNS.FORUM, where you can >help shape the policies that will govern domain name registration >and the future of the Internet. > >* Join the on-line mailing list: send a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED], with the words "subscribe dns.forum" >(without the quotation marks) in the message body. After you've >joined, you can ask questions, get answers and talk things over >with other users by sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the >list address). You'll be in the online conference right away. > >* Starting September 21, a special new software, >"Deliberation.Space", developed by the Cyber Law Institute, will >host a revolutionary asynchronous conference space where users can >debate the issues Web. > >* The DNS.FORUM will culminate in a live panel discussion at the >Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art on Wednesday, >September 23, > >1998, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, with panelists who specialize in the >Internet, telecommunications, free speech, public access and >privacy. The live audience will be invited to submit comments, >questions, and criticism to the panel. > >The goal of the three-pronged Forum is to educate the public about >the current Internet DNS situation and create a constituency of >independent Internet users who will have a say in the future >governance and management of the Internet. > >This is your chance to get involved in shaping the future of global >communications before it is decided by the corporate interests that seek > >control of publicly-funded assets at the expense of your free speech, >privacy and public access! > >***** Contact: > >The New York Free Media Alliance (Jessica Glass: (212) 650-2767; >email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; voicemail: (212) 969-TOFM) > >The International Congress of Independent Internet Users (MichaelSondow: > >(718) 846-7482; email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >Cooper Union (Steve Cantrell: (212) 353-4197) > >Visit the International Congress of Independent Internet Users Web site at >http://www.iciiu.net for further background on DNS, information about > >the forum, and links to all Forum activities. >============================================================ > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
