Re: Blocked Weblog

I understand the general position of brokerage houses with respect 
to communications emanating from the firm.  However, weblogs, for 
the most part, represent communications to the firm.  Thus, there 
should be no basis for limiting access.

On 11 Apr 2005 at 16:35, Greg Broiles wrote:

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