Very Computer

by **Mark Jackso** » Tue, 23 Dec 1997 04:00:00

: The SPA is currently threatening small Internet service providers,
: demanding they permit the SPA to monitor all users. Most ISPs
: surrender when threatened, because they cannot afford to fight back in
: court. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1 Oct 96, D3.) At least one
: ISP, Community ConneXion in Oakland CA, refused the demand and was
: actually sued (https://www.c2.net/ispdc/). The SPA is said to have
: dropped this suit recently, but they are sure to continue the campaign
: in various other ways.

The https://www.c2.net/ispdc link no longer works. Server said file
no longer exists....

by **Dan Haske** » Tue, 23 Dec 1997 04:00:00

>: The SPA is currently threatening small Internet service providers,
>: demanding they permit the SPA to monitor all users. Most ISPs
>: surrender when threatened, because they cannot afford to fight back in
>: court. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1 Oct 96, D3.) At least one
>: ISP, Community ConneXion in Oakland CA, refused the demand and was
>: actually sued (https://www.c2.net/ispdc/). The SPA is said to have
>: dropped this suit recently, but they are sure to continue the campaign
>: in various other ways.

>The https://www.c2.net/ispdc link no longer works. Server said file
>no longer exists....

I was interested too. A Webcrawler search produced the following URLs:

http://www.veryComputer.com/
http://www.*law.com/spabull.html

Interesting reading.

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