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"Rating the Net" (fwd)
- To: debate@fitug.de
- Subject: "Rating the Net" (fwd)
- From: um@c2.net (Ulf Möller)
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 16:03:52 +0100 (NFT)
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Zur Rating-Diskussion (z.Z. leider nur als WordPerfect-Text, aber das
Abstract sieht interessant aus):
>From CYBERLAW: No. 2, December 10, 1996:
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
> "Rating the Net"
>
> Forthcoming, 19 Comm/Ent #2
>
> BY: JONATHAN WEINBERG
> Wayne State University
>
> CONTACT: Jonathan Weinberg
> E-MAIL: MAILTO:weinberg@msen.com
> POSTAL: Wayne State University Law School
> Detroit, MI 48202
> PHONE: (313) 761-8588
> FAX: (313) 761-8730
> LSN-REF: CYBERSPACE:APS96-005
>
> PAPER REQUESTS: Copies of this paper are obtainable from
> http://www.ssrn.com/CyberLaw/lawpaper.html
>
>
> Rating systems provide an impressive solution to the problem
> of sexually explicit speech on the Net. Members of the
> Internet community are rightly enthusiastic about the
> benefits filtering software promises. Those benefits,
> though, come at a cost. Sites may be stripped out of the
> filtered universe because of deliberate political choices on
> the part of ratings service administrators, and because of
> inaccuracies inherent in the ratings process. If a ratings
> service is to categorize a large number of sites, it cannot
> simultaneously achieve consistency and nuance; the
> techniques it must rely on to achieve consistency make it
> more difficult to capture nuance, and make it less likely
> that users will find the ratings useful. The necessity of
> excluding unrated sites may disproportionately bar speech
> that was not created by commercial providers for a mass
> audience. These concerns are especially troubling because
> it seems likely that many adults will reach the Net through
> approaches monitored by filtering software
>
>
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Christopher Frankonis
baby-x@cyberpolis.org
http://www.cyberpolis.org/~baby-x/
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