<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:22 AM, Jamie Love <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.love@keionline.org" target="_blank">james.love@keionline.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I was not paying that much attention to this issue, and I was surprised to learn how ubiquitous at the enterprise/government/school level these technologies have become, often directed at blocking malware, pornography, hate speech, or even sports or shopping, and apparently political activism too. (Here are some of the categories <a href="http://goo.gl/UY4fz" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/UY4fz</a>). <div>
<br></div></blockquote><div>I just saw the categories. It worries me :( particularly more so when we think of what was reported in the media, in Iran and Syria who had created an elite army to hunt down dissidents. The potential for abuse is of concern :(</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div></div><div>As others have mentioned, the Blue Coat filters (and probably their competitors products) are used in several countries as inexpensive ways to control access to some types of content. When used to block access to information, it's just another thing to worry about or route around. </div>
<div><br></div><div><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:17 PM, James S. Tyre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jstyre@jstyre.com" target="_blank">jstyre@jstyre.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">No, I don’t think you’ll see pics of me picketing at PTO. Jamie is based in DC, he can just walk over. But using a point of reference that you’ll appreciate, I’m about 7 minutes away from ICANN’s old MdR office (and about the same from the new one, though I’ve not been to it). I’m not nearly so lathered up about this that I’m planning on flying cross-country to picket. ‘-)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">More seriously, I don’t see this as a global issue. But I didn’t start this thread, I’m pretty new to this list, and I’m not sure I have a good understanding of what IGC considers to be local v. global.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">-Jim<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">James S. Tyre<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">Law Offices of James S. Tyre<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch [mailto:<a href="mailto:apisan@unam.mx" target="_blank">apisan@unam.mx</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:00 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> James S. Tyre; <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; 'Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro'; 'Riaz K Tayob'</span></font></p>
<div><div><font face="Tahoma"><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos<u></u><u></u></font></div>
</div><p></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Jim, <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">thanks - I still see IT SOP gone wild but am in no position to test or contest. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Guess I'll see pics of you and Jamie picketing (this IS a local, not global, issue, right?)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Yours,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Alejandro Pisanty<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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</span></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><font color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">Desde:</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> James S. Tyre [<a href="mailto:jstyre@jstyre.com" target="_blank">jstyre@jstyre.com</a>]<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Enviado el:</span></b> jueves, 20 de septiembre de 2012 11:34<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Hasta:</span></b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch; 'Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro'; 'Riaz K Tayob'<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Asunto:</span></b> RE: [governance] USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">Alejandro,</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">It isn’t really that simple at all. Before I begin, however, let me state two things. First, I do not question that PTO turned the thing off shortly after becoming aware of it. Second, I assume that you’re not aware of some of the relevant facts and law, rather than that you’re ignoring them.</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">PTO is a US government agency. A government agency as employer is not held to the same First Amendment restrictions as a government agency as government, but, unlike private sector employers, the government as employer is subject to some First Amendment restrictions.</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">This particular filter was not in any way supposed to be similar to what is seen in corporate IT. It’s specific purpose, it’s only purpose, was to block access to terrorist sites and similar. (Some of that is required by US law, whether that’s a good or bad law is not something I plan on discussing here.) How any of the blacklisted sites could be found to be terrorist sites is incomprehensible. This was never supposed to be a pretty standard filter.</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">Incidentally, the filter is the handiwork of Blue Coat, which did such a marvelous job of promoting free expression on the Internet in Syria, among other places, see, e.g., <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/blue-coat-acknowledges-syrian-government-use-its-products" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/blue-coat-acknowledges-syrian-government-use-its-products</a></span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">James S. Tyre</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1f497d">Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org]" target="_blank">[mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org]</a> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:09 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro; Riaz K Tayob<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sala, </span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">any knowledge of corporate IT will tell you that this is a pretty standard filter used in private as well as public offices. Usually installed by third parties who set up the networks or even run them, or accessed by IT at third-party sites. As Jamie Love writes as well, the filter was removed upon request. It is the same type of filter that would have caused some hotel reservation sites to be blocked "for sexual content."</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Clues... they used to be more widely available.</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Alejandro Pisanty</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Enviado el:</span></b> jueves, 20 de septiembre de 2012 05:02<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Hasta:</span></b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; Riaz K Tayob<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Asunto:</span></b> Re: [governance] USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos</span></font><font color="black"><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If what is reported is legitimate, we are in for some troubling times ahead of us. :( :(:( <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sala<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Riaz K Tayob <<a href="mailto:riaz.tayob@gmail.com" target="_blank">riaz.tayob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<div><div><h1><b><font size="6" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:24.0pt"><a href="http://keionline.org/node/1548" target="_blank">USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups" including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></h1>
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</ul></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Submitted by James Love on 18. September 2012 - 12:32 <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Update:</span></font></b></strong><font color="black"><span> At 5 pm the USPTO called and said that the public access wifi network was using a filter, provided by a contractor, to block "political activist" sites. This filter was not used by the network providing Internet access for the USPTO staff. After our meeting, the USPTO reviewed its policies, and has removed the filter. USPTO says the filter was implemented by a contractor, and no one we talked to at USPTO was aware of who was being blocked. In any event, the filter has been removed. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div></blockquote><p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Today I was visiting the USPTO, for a high level meeting on global negotiations on intellectual property and access to medicine. The meeting was held in the Stockholm Room, on the 2nd floor of the USPTO library, at the main USPTO building at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA. The USPTO also uses these meeting rooms for its Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA). The USPTO offers free Wifi for the visitors. But when I tried to login to <a href="http://keionline.org" title="http://keionline.org" target="_blank">http://keionline.org</a>, I received this message:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Access Denied (content_filter_denied) <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Your request was denied because this URL contains content that is categorized as: "Political/Activist Groups" which is blocked by USPTO policy. If you believe the categorization is inaccurate, please contact the USPTO Service Desk and request a manual review of the URL.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For assistance, contact USPTO OCIO IT Service Desk. (io-proxy4)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div></blockquote><p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We checked and found that the USPTO blocks access to a number of groups that have followed SOPA and the TPP intellectual property negotiations, particularly those critical of the USPTO positions on intellectual property issues. Among the NGOs that were blocked were <a href="http://aclu.org" target="_blank">aclu.org</a>, <a href="http://cdt.org" target="_blank">cdt.org</a>, <a href="http://citizen.org" target="_blank">citizen.org</a>, <a href="http://eff.org" target="_blank">eff.org</a>, <a href="http://healthgap.org" target="_blank">healthgap.org</a>, <a href="http://keionline.org" target="_blank">keionline.org</a> and <a href="http://publicknowledge.org" target="_blank">publicknowledge.org</a>. Among the sites NOT BLOCKED were the industry lobby groups BSA, MPPA, RIIA, and PhRMA. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The USPTO also selectively blocks certain blogs and new sites, including, for example, dailykos.coms, <a href="http://firedoglake.com" target="_blank">firedoglake.com</a>, <a href="http://redstate.org" target="_blank">redstate.org</a>, <a href="http://rushlimbaugh.com" target="_blank">rushlimbaugh.com</a> and <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com" target="_blank">talkingpointsmemo.com</a>., <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Here are examples of what the USPTO blocks, and does not block. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr>
<td width="100" style="width:75.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Blocked NGOs</span></font></b></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
</td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://aclu.org" target="_blank">aclu.org</a><br><a href="http://cdt.org" target="_blank">cdt.org</a><br>
<a href="http://citizen.org" target="_blank">citizen.org</a><br><a href="http://eff.org" target="_blank">eff.org</a><br><a href="http://healthgap.org" target="_blank">healthgap.org</a><br><a href="http://keionline.org" target="_blank">keionline.org</a><br>
<a href="http://publicknowledge.org" target="_blank">publicknowledge.org</a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NGOs that are NOT blocked</span></font></b></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
</td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://bsa.org" target="_blank">bsa.org</a><br><a href="http://creativecommons.org" target="_blank">creativecommons.org</a><br>
<a href="http://iipa.com" target="_blank">iipa.com</a><br><a href="http://iipi.org" target="_blank">iipi.org</a><br><a href="http://ipi.org" target="_blank">ipi.org</a><br><a href="http://mpaa.org" target="_blank">mpaa.org</a><br>
PhRMA.org<br><a href="http://pubpat.org" target="_blank">pubpat.org</a><br>RIIA.Org<br><a href="http://stockholm-network.org" target="_blank">stockholm-network.org</a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Blocked Blogs and news outlets</span></font></b></strong><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">dailykos.coms<br><a href="http://firedoglake.com" target="_blank">firedoglake.com</a><br><a href="http://redstate.org" target="_blank">redstate.org</a><br>
<a href="http://rushlimbaugh.com" target="_blank">rushlimbaugh.com</a><br><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com" target="_blank">talkingpointsmemo.com</a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Blogs and new outlets that are NOT blocked </span></font></b></strong><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://71patent.blogspot.com" target="_blank">71patent.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://aljazeera.com" target="_blank">aljazeera.com</a><br>
<a href="http://boingboing.net" target="_blank">boingboing.net</a><br><a href="http://dailycaller.com" target="_blank">dailycaller.com</a><br><a href="http://democracynow.org" target="_blank">democracynow.org</a><br><a href="http://drudgereport.com" target="_blank">drudgereport.com</a><br>
<a href="http://groklaw.net" target="_blank">groklaw.net</a><br><a href="http://huffingtonpost.com" target="_blank">huffingtonpost.com</a><br><a href="http://ip-watch.org" target="_blank">ip-watch.org</a><br><a href="http://itcblog.com" target="_blank">itcblog.com</a><br>
<a href="http://lessig.org" target="_blank">lessig.org</a><br><a href="http://michaelgeist.ca" target="_blank">michaelgeist.ca</a><br><a href="http://nationalreview.com" target="_blank">nationalreview.com</a><br><a href="http://spicyipindia.blogspot.com" target="_blank">spicyipindia.blogspot.com</a><br>
<a href="http://techdirt.com" target="_blank">techdirt.com</a><br><a href="http://washingtonmonthly.com" target="_blank">washingtonmonthly.com</a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Submitted by Anonymous dude or dudess on 19. September 2012 - 12:02. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">'Ex-Patent Examiner here. If this was anything other than a contractor foul-up, I'll eat my hat. There were a dozen instances where I'd need to call the help desk to access a website that would enable me to do my job.' If true, this means no one at USPTO tried to access those sites and asked for the filter to be removed since it was implemented.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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