<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Speaking of SOPA, turns out the bill's main author and sponsor apparently violated copyright law by using an image without attribution on his political website. Check out </span>http://mashable.com/2012/01/12/sopa-sponsor/ One of the commenters notes the guy's website is now "down for maintenance", so the image is expected to be removed.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:51 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [conspire] (forw) Re: Comcast network upgrade blocks DNS blocking, could make SOPA self-incompatible<br> </font> </div> <br>
Another reason to avoid being a Comcast customer.<br><br>Direct link (i.e., not mediated by pulse.me) to the cited story is:<br>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/comcast-network-upgrade-blocks-dns-blocking-could-make-sopa-sel/<br><br>A minor point: You may have noticed a box on the front page of<br>http://linuxmafia.com/ called 'Dept. of Web-Search Juice'. Because my <br>Web server has fairly high search prominence, some years ago, I started<br>posting links within that box to pages I hope to help show up on<br>searches of the anchor terms I use for the links. Thus, one of my two <br>links marked 'Comcast' now go to the above-mentioned story about Comcast<br>abusing DNS technology to manipulate its customers.<br><br>Most (not all) links in my 'Dept. of Web-Search Juice' are effectively a<br>Hall of Shame.<br><br><br>----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <<a ymailto="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com"
href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> -----<br><br>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:42:24 -0800<br>From: Rick Moen <<a ymailto="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>To: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <<a ymailto="mailto:deirdre@deirdre.net" href="mailto:deirdre@deirdre.net">deirdre@deirdre.net</a>><br>Cc: Cheryl Morris <<a ymailto="mailto:camorris@uniserve.com" href="mailto:camorris@uniserve.com">camorris@uniserve.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: Comcast network upgrade blocks DNS blocking, could make SOPA<br> self-incompatible<br>Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already.<br><br>Quoting Dire Red (<a ymailto="mailto:deirdre@deirdre.net" href="mailto:deirdre@deirdre.net">deirdre@deirdre.net</a>):<br><br>> I knew there was a reason I was glad I dropped Comcast. Less evil in<br>> our lives.<br>> <br>> Comcast network upgrade blocks DNS
blocking, could make SOPA <br>> self-incompatible.<br>><br>> ENGADGET | JANUARY 12, 2012<br>> http://pulse.me/s/4VeBB <br>> <br>> <br>> Now here's a quirky twist in the ongoing SOPA opera. Comcast has just<br>> deployed DNSSEC technology across its entire internet ... Read more<br><br>Without objecting in any way to what you say, I'll just point out that <br>any Comcast customer who uses non-Comcast recursive DNS (his or her own,<br>OpenDNS, Google Public DNS) would completely evade Comcast's attempt to<br>control its customers through DNS redirection.<br><br>Getting back to your point, though, I absolutely concur: Having found<br>out that Comcast was cheating you on billing, it was and is logical to<br>assume that a firm crooked in one area is probably crooked in many<br>areas.<br><br><br><br>----- End forwarded message -----<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a
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