RE: Blocked Weblog
"Robert Ambrogi" <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:42:07 -0400
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My book is miles from a criticism of the corporate culture. It is, "The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web." But now that I see "Better That 100 Witches Should Live," and given that I live just down the road from Salem and am fascinated by First Amendment studies, I'll be sure to get a copy -- before it lands in some censorware database. -- Bob Ambrogi > -----Original Message----- > From: James Maule [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NetLawyers] Blocked Weblog > > > > 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. 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! 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