Abstract of INFO-MAC archived Text file 'per/tb/tidbits-282.etx' Uploaded 06/20/1995 29506 bytes TidBITS#282/19-Jun-95 ===================== Apple unleashes a host of new products, including the first PowerPC 604-based Macintosh and a bevy of new printers. We also bring you news on the much-dreaded Communications Decency Act passing the U.S. Senate, an in-depth review of the Power Macintosh 6100/66 DOS Compatible, and finally the second part of Luciano Floridi's paper on the Internet and how we think about knowledge. This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: * APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- Makers of hard drives, tape drives, and neat SCSI accessories. For APS price lists, email: * Northwest Nexus -- 206/455-3505 -- http://www.halcyon.com/ Providing access to the global Internet. * Hayden Books, an imprint of Macmillan Computer Publishing Save 20% on all books via the Web -- http://www.mcp.com/ Win free books! -- http://www.mcp.com/hayden/madness/ Copyright 1990-1995 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue. Information: Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------- Topics: MailBITS/19-Jun-95 Apple Introduces First 604-based Power Macintosh It's a Mac. It's a PC. It's DOS-Compatible! The Internet & the Future of Organized Knowledge: Part II of III Reviews/19-Jun-95 ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1995/TidBITS#282_19-Jun-95.etx MailBITS/19-Jun-95 ------------------ **"Decency" Act Passes Senate** -- On 14-Jun-95, the Exon/Gorton/Coats Communications Decency Act (see TidBITS-263_ and TidBITS-279_) was attached to the Telecommunications Reform bill and will soon go before the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill seeks to criminalize many forms of online communications and place culpability in the hands of service providers. If passed, the legislation could have a repressive impact on American business interests on the Internet, as providers and companies take their businesses and services (and money!) overseas where such content-based restrictions don't exist. In addition, costs of insurance and litigation may well drive providers out of the country or out of business, and U.S. taxpayers could be made to support a potentially enormous government bureaucracy with