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|> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] |> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:01 AM |> |> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Vadim Antonov wrote: |> |> > Guys, why should a North American provider give a place for this |> > propaganda? |> |> Maybe becuase they believe that censorship of opposing |> opinions is BAD? Actually, John Barryhill, on the /ICANN/DNSO/GA list, pointed out that there are a few domain registrations where the registrar accepted registration from denizens of the "proscribed countries" list. That registrar, "Register.Com" in this case, is technically in violation of the law. My guess is that, they never checked the law, or that list, in the first place. As US companies, there are certain individuals and countries that we are not allowed to do business with. Until now, the high-tech community has taken those laws too lightly. We shouldn't have residents of Libya, for example, on our client/customer list at all. Routing traffic to those countries shouldn't be an issue either. It simply shouldn't be done, by a US-based company. These proscription lists have been around for over 10 years. How many of us are violating it without knowlege? BTW, all of us that have our corporate charters from any part of the US are effected by this. Willful violations can carry some severe penalties. |> > Call FBI, have them trace the connections of whoever pays for |> > that site. |> |> And do what exactly? They have every right to speak, even |> if you don't happen to like the message. Actually, they don't. The law says so. Personally, I have no problems with US State telling me I can't do business with terrorists. Do you? I actually think that it's nice that US State is willing to identify, with verification, terrorist supporting countries, so that I can chose to avoid doing business with them. It helps a lot when I can point to a US gov directive prohibiting me from doing business with them. They can't sue me for discriminatory practices because I'm following the law. On the flip-side, those of you that have such undiscovered liabilities can exepect to hear from our government sometime. It is time to weed through the customer/client lists folks. -- IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer. Before taking legal action based on anything I do, say, or write, you are strongly encouraged to seek the advice of an attorney. -- R O E L A N D M J M E Y E R Managing Director Morgan Hill Software Company tel: +1 925 373 3954 cel: +1 925 352 3615 fax: +1 925 373 9781 http://www.mhsc.com
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