RE: Blocked Weblog

Well, other than my blogspot blog (www.mauledagain.blogspot.com) my
sites (e.g., www.taxjem.com, www.maulefamily.com) don't show up. Talk
about being under the radar, or perhaps irrelevant, or perhaps so low on
the list of priorities that it's not worth categorizing...... !!!

Seriously, the idea that one company can sit down and decide what web
sites are entitled to access by whom, even if nominal control is put
into the hands of others, means that we will soon live in a world where
a group of corporations will decide what we can see (just like network
news of the pre-cable days). And then when Bill Gates buys all those
companies.....

Jim Maule

>>> [email protected] 4/12/2005 8:33:43 AM >>>

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
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Rockport, MA
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> -----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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >********************************************
> >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

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