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KA9LCF > ALL 28.12.12 06:29l 61 Lines 2658 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 40656-KA9LCF
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Subj: Re: G8PZT's - Should Packet Be Locked Down?
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Sent: 121228/0330Z 40656@KA9LCF.#NEIN.IN.USA.NOAM [171729]FBB7.01.35 alpha $:40
From: KA9LCF@KA9LCF.#NEIN.IN.USA.NOAM
To : ALL@WW
>In a recent (unrelated) message, Angela PE1BIV wrote:
>>"I am opposed to my bulletins being placed on systems where these bulletins
>>can be publicly accessed by anyone, including search engines and spambots,
>>from the Internet, without that the user first has to logon to have access
>>to the system!"
>Now, I am one of those so-called "Land Line Lids" who provide an HTTP
>interface...
>I rely on this interface when I'm away from home. It's so much more modern
>and easy than remembering a bunch of obscure commands, and it works well
>on my Andoid phone...
>I've always been in two minds about this. On the one hand I feel, as Angela
>does, that what is said on Packet should STAY on packet. But the ethos of
>Ham Radio has always been that anyone, licenced or not, can be a SWL. By
>allowing non-hams to listen in (or read) our communications, we theoretically
>encourage them to become hams themselves.
As amateurs, we do not have copyright protection for things we say (or impart
by written words) over any mode. Open communication and open access to all
communications by anyone. This means other amateurs or even the "media" has
the right to rebroadcast anything we say or transmit over the air without
permission. This is at the the very forefront of our hobby. I know of no
regulatory body having oversight of amateur radio that allows for codes and
cyhpers but rather insist that all communications must be transmitted "in the
clear". The FCC here in the United States has allowed the transmission of
amateur messages using digital compression formats, so that argument is just
so yesterday.
My my take on this all, with the understanding that whatever we say is not
protected, why are we concerned about protecting anything we have said? We
just don't have any right to it. Now on the other hand if what you are
posting to an amateur BBS is copyrighted material that has not been
previously transmitted by its author(s) over amateur radio or has been
specifically given permission by the authour(s) to make public over amateur
radio then you are in violation of copyright law. I guess you could say that
the cards are stacked against us in this matter, but that is how the cookie
crumbles.
In the end, if it is something that you would prefer not to have posted in
other realms of communication then perhaps it is best sent as an email.
That's my two cents, okay, dollar... inflation is hitting!
>(I suppose this bulletin will be read by 5 hams worldwide, and 5000 non-hams!)
>73, Paula
I am one of the 5.
73, Bradd - KA9LCF
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