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...PRETTY CLEAR THAT EXON HAS IT IN for technology. The net is not print or broadcasting; it's a whole new medium with its own rules. Parents need to take responsibility for what their children do. They need to realize that the Internet is a community just like any other-and that every community has its share of bad guys. Parents should supervise what their children do and take the necessary steps to lock out things they find objectionable. Technology is the answer, not red tape. The fact that a politician who has outlived his usefulness is writing up bills...
...jazzy, punchy music does create a fluid but vigorous medium on which the actors, many of them ballet dancers, can glide. What the tale has lost in terms of weight, it may have gained in mobility. There's a beautiful wedding fete, for instance, in which even the food takes wing, and an appealingly somber/silly march. Indeed, at times Chronicle looks and sounds positively resuscitative: this colorful show, with its percussive Latin rhythms, could be a tonic for Broadway...
...issue, according to legal scholars, is whether the Internet is a print medium (like a newspaper), which enjoys strong protection against government interference, or a broadcast medium (like television), which may be subject to all sorts of government control. Perhaps the most significant import of the Exon bill, according to EFF's Godwin, is that it would place the computer networks under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission, which enforces, among other rules, the injunction against using the famous seven dirty words on the radio. In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners...
...even knew it existed. Elmer-DeWitt's years of experience navigating through cyberspace have not only put him ahead of the curve on virtually every Internet-related issue but have also made him unusually adept at cutting through the considerable hype and confusion that surround this baffling new medium--a skill that's especially evident in this week's cover story on the controversial topic of electronic pornography...
...believe in this approach. I believe in theimportance of organisms that lie somewhere betweennation states and a world community, organismsthat can be an important medium of globalcommunication and cooperation. I believe that thistrend towards integration in a world where--asI've said--every valley longs for independence,must be given the greatest possible support...