At 09:20 PM 2/18/2002 -0600, John Clark wrote: >This will never happen. The discussion of the distribution of "illicit" >music is not illegal. sure a site-op might be brought down for having >some taper-unfriendly material but they can't shut down a mailing list >because joe blow was serving a Floyd show.
Without getting too heavily into the great Clench vs Unclench debate, I will say that just because they "can't" doesn't mean they wouldn't try, and cause a lot of hassle for etree (lists & db, server team & siteops) in the process. And with Draconian laws in place in the US like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, I wouldn't necessarily say they "can't" succeed. Hell, there's probably something in the USA PATRIOT Act that would brand you a terrorist for requesting that unauthorized recording of "Us and Them." So I think the folks who run etree are being prudent in leaning towards "clench" on this issue. Others have commented that a filter on the etrade list would be fairly easy to circumvent. A more bulletproof approach would be to create a web form for submission of ISOs (with output sent to the etrade list), so that users would only be able to select from authorized bands. There probably also would need to be a free-form comments field where people could write anything they want (quirky details of WOB tax offers etc) and it's possible a taper-unfriendly band could get mentioned there. But the instructions on the form would be clear -- and right in front of the user; no digging through FAQs -- and thus should eliminate the innocent mistakes, which I'm going to presume are mostly if not entirely what we've been seeing here lately. Maybe also have a web form for etrade offers (b&p, freebies etc outside of those made to the announce list) and closed msgs and make it impossible for users to post to etrade other than through a web form. Then there would be greatly reduced need for moderation and significantly reduced traffic on that list. Mike Mokrzycki "NO NEW MCCARTHY ERA" -- sign on stage during the recent "reunion" gigs of Mission of Burma (who, according to posts from band management on the message board at missionofburma.com, ARE taper-friendly) _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
