RE: Blocked Weblog
"James Maule" <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:36:40 -0400
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Well, www.jembook.com isn't classified. So what's the book about, Bob? :-) Some Maule-like criticism of the corporate culture? :-) Jim Maule >>> [email protected] 4/12/2005 9:58:46 AM >>> 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. 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