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        VIRTUAL FREEDOM

LICENSING THE INTERNET?
       
A symposium on the last frontier where of free speech still flourishes. Will 
the last remnants of the great American experiment survive?

Presented By:

Southern Methodist University

Barry Vacker, Asst. Prof, SMU and Lance Flores, Cyber Automation Sciences, 
are organizing a symposium concerning the issues of regulation, censorship, 
and licensing of the Internet.  The symposium will be presented by Southern 
Methodist University Communications Department on its campus in Dallas, 
Texas on June 6, 1995. Commitments from preeminent First Amendment scholars 
for portions of the program have been secured.  Vice President Al Gore and 
Senator J. James Exon have been invited to present the Administration's 
position and the Exon legislative proposal.  We are seeking panelists for 
the debate to represent the national political parties' positions on these 
issues.  We have additional speaker positions which we invite for offers to 
present one hour programs.  

Call for papers.  The symposium is open for the submission of papers on the 
following topics related to the Internet:

History of Fee Speech on the Internet
Censorship
Regulation and Licensing
Pornography
Political Correctness and Offensiveness
Other relevant topics
We urge philosophical and scholarly debate.

Papers should be presented in American Psychological Association (APA) form 
with one copy on 8.5 x 11 white unpolished paper and a copy on disk* which 
will be used to incorporate the document into a journal of the symposium.  
The journal will be made available on the Internet along with the debate and 
the presentations of the speakers.

We are seeking additional Corporate sponsorships for the breakfast, lunch, 
evening social, and video taping of the symposium for PBS.

If you plan on attending (no attendance fee required) please RSVP, or if you 
need information on speaking, presenting papers or wish to be a co-sponsor 
please contact us at the addresses provided.

Schedule 

8:30-9:00a.m. Breakfast--opening remarks
9:00-9:45	      Internet background..........Industry Executive
10:00-11:0      Proposed licensing & regulation...........Sen. Exon's 
Proposed Legislation
11:00-12:00    First Amendment issues.......Prof. Jef Richards--University 
of Texas
12:00-1:00      Lunch.....Clinton Administration's Position.
1:00-2:30	      Panel discussion.............this to include:
	       Industry, Exon, Govt.. official, Flores, Republican, Democrat
				This is still being finalized.
2:45-3:45	      Pornography on the Internet.............
4:00-5:00       Aesthetics - Order on the Internet... Prof. Barry 
Vacker--Southern Methodist University
6:00-8:00       Evening Social

*BinHex or MIME attachments may be sent instead.


Please cross-post.

Lance Flores

"Liberty is not a means to a higher political end.  It is itself the highest 
political end." -- Lord Acton