Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

[William Pitcock <nenolod () systeminplace net>]

On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 20:12 -0800, Paul Ferguson wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf () dessus com> wrote:
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> > Without a warrant, there is an absolute right to privacy.
> > It continues to exist right up until either (a) one party chooses
> > to give up that privacy or (b) a third party arrives with a Court
> > Order.  This is simply a covenant between two parties to preserve
> > that "private" state unless lawfully compelled by lawful process
> > otherwise.  In other words, a covenant to adhere to the rule of
> > law and the courts in the event of any dispute between the parties
> > or any third party.  It sure seems like a good thing to me -- and a
> > covenant I would hope anyone I do business adheres to.
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> That's funny.
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> You're assuming that the MLAT [1] process works -- it doesn't.

It "worked" against Indymedia UK: http://www.indymedia.org/fbi/

William