[mythtv-users] For whom the bell tolls [RM for DVB aka CPCM]

[Dean Collins]

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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dewey Smolka
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2007 2:35 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] For whom the bell tolls [RM for DVB aka
CPCM]
> 
> On 3/14/07, Stroller <stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On 14 Mar 2007, at 17:09, Peter Bowyer wrote:
> > >> Peter Bowyer wrote:
> > >>> Make sure you read about all of the EFF's activities before you
send
> > >>> them money. In particular, check out what they say and do about
> > >>> spam.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > That leads me quite quickly to <http://www.eff.org/spam/
> > position_on_junk_email.php>, which seems quite reasonable to me.
> >
> > Stroller.
> >
> 
> I've got to agree with Stroller here. From the EFF site:
> 
> "Fundamentally, EFF believes that email recipients should control when
> and how they receive their mail. To the greatest extent possible,
> anti-spam measures should be controlled by end users, and any measure
> for stopping spam must ensure that all non-spam messages reach their
> intended recipients. When antispam measures prevent activists and
> nonprofits from sending and receiving bulk noncommercial mail, EFF
> considers this a problem commensurate with the problem of spam itself.
> Another problem arises when antispam measures sacrifice a citizen's
> ability to engage in anonymous free speech, which the Supreme Court
> has ruled countless times is protected under the First Amendment.
> 
> "Spam is currently regulated by state and national laws, as well as
> thousands of company policies. Antispam grassroots groups and software
> developers also provide tools designed to stem the flood of unwanted
> mail. EFF is involved in lawsuits, policy discussions, and activist
> campaigns to make sure that antispam measures don't go too far - that
> they don't stamp out our liberties in the process of liberating our
> inboxes from unwanted junk mail. That said, EFF enthusiastically
> endorses antispam measures and policies that preserve free speech by
> allowing users to determine what kinds of messages will be filtered
> out and which ones won't."
> 
> 
> What exactly is your problem with this position?
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Yep sounded fair to me as well.
But then again I've had issues with idiots running ip blockers that were
poorly implemented.



Regards,

Dean Collins
Cognation Pty Ltd
dean at cognation.net
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