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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:20:38 -0400
From: Michael Sondow 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
majordomo@lists.xs2.net, 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 dns.forum@lists.xs2.net (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:godbox@ix.netcom.com; voicemail: (212) 969-TOFM) The International Congress of Independent Internet Users (MichaelSondow: (718) 846-7482; email:msondow@iciiu.net) 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. ===========================================================
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