Re: Blocked Weblog

On Apr 11, 2005 2:41 PM, Stuart Levine <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Some of you may find my weblog posting here:
> 
> http://taxbiz.blogspot.com/2005/04/writers-block.html
> 
> or here:
> 
> http://snipurl.com/dyaw
> 
> to be of interest.  It deals with a discovery that I made last Friday,
> namely that access to my weblog was blocked via a stock
> brokerage internet connection.

I tried to respond via your weblog, but got an error when I tried to post.

The gist of my comment was that this isn't too surprising to me, given
the regulatory environment within which brokers operate. SEC and
broker/dealer regulation are not my field, but it's my impression that
there are rules (created by either SEC or NASD or both) that require
brokers to retain copies of *every* written communication between
brokers and [potential] customers, as well as baroque rules regarding
the content of the communications. In that light, claming down on
blogs doesn't strike me as out of character.

See, for example, <http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_youve_mail/>
(circa 2000) discussing whether or not it's a good idea for brokers to
be allowed to use E-mail, and discussing that a regulatory ruling
allowing same was only 2 years old at that time.

-- 
Greg Broiles, JD, EA
[email protected] (Lists only. Not for confidential communications.)
Law Office of Gregory A. Broiles
San Jose, CA





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