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Nathan Stratton sez: > Yes, this is last years news, but it is also very important to watch this > issue to make sure something like this does not go into effect. People > like the ACTA are pumping large amounts of money into legal battles. The > fight is sill going on by www.von.org and others. Internet Telephony has > already been banned in places like India where it is illegal to use PC > based Internet Telephony or PSTN/IP gateways. It is NOT last year's news. The battlefield has moved, the enemies the same.... Look at the FCC page again and see: The FCC issued an unrelated public notice, DA 98-2, on January 5, 1998 in connection with a report to Congress on universal service. Pursuant to the FCC's 1998 appropriations legislation, the Commission must submit a report by April 10, 1998 on several issues ---> including the legal status of Internet services under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Comments in response to the public notice are due January 20, 1998, and reply comments are due February 2, 1998. Informal comments may be sent by email to <[email protected]>. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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