I would like to add... We will have filters in the future that will immediately forward to nannies, listmom and potentially myself (since I would be running the lists sometime in the future) that feature the appropriate phrases and a link. Posters would then be warned and this type of warning would never expire.
Just a heads up. Also, I removed the offending link. At 9:06 PM -0800 2/4/03, Obi-Wan wrote: >On 2/4/03 5:06 PM, "Sue Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the >Cybertrough: > > > try this, Mike. <<link removed>> > >As has been stated before posting links to the Apple Service manuals is not >allowed on LEM lists. You could get LEM into a heap of trouble by doing so. >I posted yesterday with a warning about doing so. What part of that was so >hard to understand? > >We take this stance because of the history that Apple has demonstrated with >their tenacious legal actions against people who post those manuals online. >It used to be that people would just post links to Apple's own ftp sites. >Apple recently securely modified their ftp access because of all the >unauthorized log-ins. Gamba's site now bounces out of the country to a site >that Apple would have a more difficult time pursuing. Apple monitors many >world wide web mailing lists looking for posted links like this so that they >can go after the sites and legally and shut them down. I know this because >a fellow tech friend of mine (a member of the infamous 8500 list) used to >serve them out of his home and had "scary people in a black unmarked Chevy >blazer with badges" show up at his house and serve him with a federal "cease >and desist order." It is not a joke. > >So please...do not post any links to the manuals on any LEM lists in the >future. I can not, however, tell you what you can or can not send in a >private e-mail... ;-) -- Ryan Coleman System Administrator LEMLists.com Get your email account at lemlists.com for $5/year! Visit http://www.lemlists.com/ for more information LEMLists.com is a CobWeb Publishing website. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
