RE: Blocked Weblog

My only guess is that I include a plug for my book, and a link to the
lawcatalog.com site that sells it. 

-- Bob Ambrogi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Larry Green [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:21 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: J. Larry Green
> Subject: RE: [NetLawyers] Blocked Weblog
> 
> 
> 
> 4/12/05 9:04 AM EST
> 
> Bob,
> 
> I checked several major and minor law firms and several law 
> firm management groups including mine. None were 
> reviewed/classified by N2H2. (Not scientific, mine you.)
> 
> What DID you do to warrant being rated by N2H2? <g>
> 
> 
> J. Larry Green
> Principal
> ____________________________________________
> 
> Bradley Huggins Consulting Group, Inc.
> Law Firm Management
> Atlanta/Athens
> 
> Clients:	800.605.4849
> T	706.354.4359
> F	770.216.1509
> W	http://www.bhcgi.com
> E	mailto:[email protected]
> ____________________________________________
> 
> Notice: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the 
> Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 10 U.S.C. 2510-2521, 
> is confidential and may be legally privileged.  If you are 
> not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any 
> retention, dissemination, distribution, or copy of this 
> communication is strictly prohibited.  Please reply to the 
> sender that you have received the message in error and then 
> delete it.  Thank you.
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Robert Ambrogi [mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:34 AM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [NetLawyers] Blocked Weblog
> >
> >
> >
> >This is scary. My site, www.legaline.com, is in there
> >under the category
> >"electronic commerce." But all I sell is legal services.
> >
> >-- Bob Ambrogi
> >______________________
> >Robert J. Ambrogi, Esq.
> >Rockport, MA
> >Web: www.legaline.com
> >LawSites blog: www.legaline.com/lawsites.html
> >Media Law blog, www.legaline.com/medialaw.html
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: James S. Tyre [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:03 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [NetLawyers] Blocked Weblog
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> See below.  Many businesses uses censorware for a variety of 
> >> purposes, supposedly to improve worker productivity, avoid bringing
> >> inappropriate
> >> material into the workplace, etc.  The problem is that
> >> censorware is not in
> >> the least fine-grained, and if the employer is using
> >> censorware that has
> >> you in a broad category, you've been bit.  Here,
> >you're in Secure
> >> Computing's free pages category.  You and billions of others.
> >>
> >> And yes, some censorware products do specifically
> >block blogs.
> >>
> >> http://database.n2h2.com/cgi-perl/catrpt.pl
> >> URL Checker
> >>
> >> Thank you for your submission. Below please find a
> >listing of
> >> the category
> >> (ies) in which your submitted URL appears. For a detailed 
> description 
> >> of each category, visit our filtering categories section.
> >>
> >> The Site: http://taxbiz.blogspot.com/
> >> is categorized by N2H2 as:
> >> Web Page Hosting/Free Pages
> >>
> >> The site you submitted resides on a Web page hosting server that 
> >> provides Web page hosting for their users such as homepages
> >that share
> >> a common
> >> domain. These sites include those provided by ISPs, 
> >> University/education servers, free Web page hosts, etc. 
> Although many 
> >> of
> >these Web page
> >> providers post rules and regulations for content,
> >they do not always
> >> adequately monitor this content. Users often abuse Web 
> page services 
> >> by posting offensive content under multiple pseudonyms.
> >>
> >> Because this category contains hundreds of millions
> >of pages,
> >> it is not
> >> practical to assign more granular categorization to
> >individual pages.
> >> However, any page can be added to your local block and allow list, 
> >> enabling access to specific content even if the category has been
> >> selected to be
> >> blocked. Local block or allow lists are maintained at the
> >> discretion of
> >> your local network administration. You can reach
> >your network
> >> administration by contacting those that provide our
> >filtering
> >> for you,
> >> whether that be your school, Internet Service Provider, or 
> place of 
> >> employment.
> >>
> >>
> >> At 08:27 PM 4/11/2005 -0400, Stuart Levine wrote:
> >>
> >> >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:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > 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
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > -/-/-/-/-/
> >> > >
> >> > > There is a read/write Web page with resources
> >that will be linked
> >> > > there and used during the Seminar on PDFs for
> >lawyers and legal
> >> > > applications:
> >> > >
> >> > > http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks
> >> > >
> >> > > -/-/-/-/-/
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >********************************************
> >> >Stuart Levine
> >> >Fisher & Winner, LLP
> >> >315 North Charles Street
> >> >Baltimore, Maryland 21201
> >> >Telephone:             410.385.2000
> >> >Telecopier:              443.927.7075
> >> >Cellphone:               410.802.5817
> >> >Weblog:  http://taxbiz.blogspot.com
> >http://www.taxation-business.com
> >> >[email protected]
> >> >*********************************************
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >-/-/-/-/-/
> >> >
> >> >There is a read/write Web page with resources that will be
> >> linked there
> >> >and used during the Seminar on PDFs for lawyers and legal
> >> applications:
> >> >
> >> >http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks
> >> >
> >> >-/-/-/-/-/
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >-------------
> >> James S. Tyre
> mailto:[email protected]
> > Law Offices of James S. Tyre
> 310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)
> > 10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512               Culver City, CA
> 90230-4969
> > Co-founder, The Censorware Project
> http://censorware.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -/-/-/-/-/
> >
> > There is a read/write Web page with resources that will be linked 
> > there and used during the Seminar on PDFs for lawyers and legal 
> > applications:
> >
> > http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks
> >
> > -/-/-/-/-/
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -/-/-/-/-/
> 
> There is a read/write Web page with resources that will be 
> linked there and used during the Seminar on PDFs for lawyers 
> and legal applications:
> 
> http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks
> 
> -/-/-/-/-/
> 
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -/-/-/-/-/
> 
> There is a read/write Web page with resources that will be 
> linked there and used during the Seminar on PDFs for lawyers 
> and legal applications:
> 
> http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks
> 
> -/-/-/-/-/
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 



-/-/-/-/-/

There is a read/write Web page with resources that will be linked there and used during the Seminar on PDFs for lawyers and legal applications:

http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks

-/-/-/-/-/


 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Network-Lawyers/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    Network-Lawyers-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/