Peter,
First of all, you may be unaware, but messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] are archived
and/or analyzed at a number of sites on the 'net, not just the Berkman
Center ICANN-Related Discussion List Statistics page. They're also included
in Richard Sexton's archive (I don't have the URL handy here, but perhaps
he'll post it in reply), as well as no doubt in countless private archives
like the NNTP server the Berkman Center maintains.
Despite the @law address, I'm no lawyer, but my instincts tell me that the
fact of your participation in this public discussion makes it more than
reasonable for list archives, public or private, kept by any interested
party, to include your message.
Yours is the first request I've received to be removed from the List
Statistics page. (And, incidentally, it's also the first such request I've
received from you; if you previously posted to this list or sent me private
email, I missed it or did not receive it.) It's not a request I'm inclined
to grant -- it seems to me that we're all better served by a comprehensive,
accurate archive than by a partial archive subject to ex post alteration as
demanded by individual list participants.
All that said, I'd be open to comments from the list. If the list consensus
really is contrary to my instincts -- if people want an "opt out" policy for
the archive -- I'd certainly consider as much, and the operators of other
archives might then consider doing the same.
Ben Edelman
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Harvard Law School
Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> forwarded:
Peter Orvetti wrote:
>
>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rcs/listanalysis/IFWPAllMessagesBySender.html
> >
> >Please remove all references to "Orvetti" or "Peter Orvetti" from the
> >above-mentioned Web page, which is maintained by you. I have sent this
> >request several times before. I'd like to be able to use the Web site
> >without my name appearing on a public list! Thank you for your
assistance.
