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Oesterreich Offline 25.3. 16-18 Uhr
- Subject: Oesterreich Offline 25.3. 16-18 Uhr
- From: partl@hp01.boku.ac.at (Hubert Partl)
- Date: 24 Mar 1997 13:45:29 GMT
- Newsgroups: de.comm.internet.zugang,de.soc.netzwesen,news.newusers.questions
- Organization: BOKU Wien, Austria
- Xref: news.cube.net de.comm.internet.zugang:10290 de.soc.netzwesen:20819 news.newusers.questions:309396
Ich leite die folgende dringende Meldung aus der Aconet-Betriebsliste
weiter - mit der Bitte um Verstaendnis fuer diesen "Protest-Streik":
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 14:18:38 MET
> From: "Christian Panigl, ACOnet/UniVie" <panigl@cc.univie.ac.at>
Dear Austrian Ebone members,
if appropriate for you, please follow the initiative described below and
shutdown your Internet services including your Ebone access-lines
tomorrow, Tuesday, 25.3. 16:00-18:00 MET.
ACOnet will at least shutdown international access and services and the
Vienna Internet eXchange (http://www.VIX.at) will be disabled in the
given timeframe.
Further information (in German) can be obtained (soon) from
http://www.internet.at/ and/or as an Austrian ISP you may subscribe to:
mailto: majordomo@ping.at
bodyline: subscribe a-offline
Regards
your local Ebone-NOC/Vienna
<net-admin@cc.univie.ac.at>
====================
Austria goes Offline
====================
On Tuesday, 25.3.1997, Austria's ISPs are going to shutdown all their
Internet services from 16:00 to 18:00 MET. The reason for this unique
action is the recent seize of all computer equipment of a Viennese ISP
by the police as pieces of evidence. This official act was triggered by
a denunciation versus persons unknown regarding child pornography dating
10.3.1996 (! one year ago !).
Confiscation of equipment after more than one year doesn't seem to be
appropriate for securing evidence. The current legal status doesn't
clearly define the position of an ISP and doesn't specify general
guidelines for the responsibility of content of the Internet. With the
general shutdown Austria's ISPs are demonstrating the only mode of
operation which is evidently conforming to current law.
Apart from the existing willingness for co-operation Austria's ISPs are,
at the same time, offering practical support for the legal authority
like free Internet access and training for their staff.
forwarded by
--
Hubert Partl partl@mail.boku.ac.at
ZID BOKU Wien http://www.boku.ac.at/
COMPVTOR ERGO SVM :-)