RE: Net Control is Thought Control

At 01:34 PM 1/10/96 -0500, Pete Loshin wrote:
>Magazines and TV (and books, newspapers, movies etc.) are _NOT_
>regulated, at least not as to content.  These media are all
>pretty much self-regulated.  

Lots of content regulation in the US:

Libel, slander, indecency (radio and TV), obscenity, Federal Trade
Commission (advertizing controls), Food and Drug Administration (drug
'labeling' and info controls), booze and cigarette advertizing, EEOC
(controls on discriminatory advertizing), children's television
requirements, civil defense broadcast requirements, station identification
requirements, civil controls on advertizing foreign financial services (did
you know this was illegal?), civil liability for carrying 'hit man' ads,
etc.  I'd come up with more if I had more time.  I'll add more over the next
few days as I think of them.

Not to mention the numerous content controls in countries other than the US. 

The Nets will smash all of these content controls.

DCF

On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote:

> Lots of content regulation in the US:
> 
> Libel, slander, indecency (radio and TV), obscenity, Federal Trade
> Commission (advertizing controls), Food and Drug Administration (drug
> 'labeling' and info controls), booze and cigarette advertizing, EEOC
> (controls on discriminatory advertizing), children's television
> requirements, civil defense broadcast requirements, station identification
> requirements, civil controls on advertizing foreign financial services (did
> you know this was illegal?), civil liability for carrying 'hit man' ads,
> etc.  I'd come up with more if I had more time.  I'll add more over the next
> few days as I think of them.
<
> Not to mention the numerous content controls in countries other than the US. 
> 
> The Nets will smash all of these content controls.

So when WFMU starts broadcasting over the net, will I be able to play
smutty records on my show?

And when will I be able to add some kiddie-porn images to my web page?

   --D.

P.S.: Regarding limits on "freedom of speech" in the U.S., take a look
at the long list Tim May posted a few months back.  (I was scoffing at
Perry's claim that we had nearly complete freedom of speech in the
U.S., and then Tim responded with much more detail.)

--
David Mandl
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Phone: (212) 272-3888
Email: dmandl@bear.com

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