[ NNSquad ] Moderation policy (and previous message from Brett Glass)

2008-03-11 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Greetings. Since posting Brett Glass' "P2P == Airliner Bombs" analogy message a short time ago, I've already received a pile of messages asking why I sent it through, since Brett has indeed made the same kind of blanket statements about P2P so many times previously here. As it happens, Brett is a

[ NNSquad ] Re: Two NN Events Tomorrow (Well, Today)

2008-03-11 Thread Brett Glass
At 05:44 PM 3/11/2008, Waclawsky John-A52165 wrote: >I don't find the "bad use of technology" argument very compelling but >instead exceedingly hollow. All things/technology have a dark side. Indeed. As Brian Reid has been known to say, "All power tools can kill." Some technologies -- and this

[ NNSquad ] Re: Two NN Events Tomorrow (Well, Today)

2008-03-11 Thread Seth Johnson
She nailed it. Haven't seen all the testimony, but Crawford frames it exactly right. Her initial statement starts at 46 minutes in. Haven't seen the rest, including the back-and-forth, as I am living in a dialup universe . . . The link originally provided was dysfunctional throughout the heari

[ NNSquad ] Re: Two NN Events Tomorrow (Well, Today)

2008-03-11 Thread Brett Glass
At 10:09 PM 3/10/2008, Seth Johnson wrote: >Two events tomorrow, same time: > >Susan Crawford will speak to the House Judiciary Committee, along with >Damian Kulash of OK Go, Michele Combs of Christian Coalition of >America, Rick Carnes of Songwriters Guild of America, Caroline >Fredrickson of A

[ NNSquad ] Re: VoIP Spam (SPIT) on the rise

2008-03-11 Thread Barry Gold
Lauren Weinstein wrote: http://www.voip-news.com/feature/voip-spam-spit-030408/ I would assume that VoIP spam would be subject to the same rules as other unsolicited commercial calls (e.g., the FDA Do-Not-Call list) -- assuming you can track down the caller. In some cases, that may require

[ NNSquad ] VoIP Spam (SPIT) on the rise

2008-03-11 Thread Lauren Weinstein
http://www.voip-news.com/feature/voip-spam-spit-030408/ --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator