[Uram-rejections] Has QRZ.com gone 'all queer'?

Sat Jan 16 19:58:06 GMT 2016

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 This bit of the thread is getting a long off the OP's topic , interesting as it is. 

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> From: roger at hayter.org (Roger Hayter)
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> Subject: Re: Has QRZ.com gone 'all queer'?
> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:39:50 +0000
> Organization: Metazoon
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> References: <79DPNWCuS2lWFwuL at g3ohx.demon.co.uk> <n7ae56$3n8$1 at dont-email.me> <WXSkXaCn8MmWFwRr at g3ohx.demon.co.uk> <n7db55$oie$1 at dont-email.me> <n7dlsf$u3v$1 at dont-email.me> <1mh4kxr.17evwfd1d8h522N%roger at hayter.org> <n7e03k$7b7$1 at jstuckle.eternal-september.org>
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> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex at attglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 1/16/2016 11:12 AM, Roger Hayter wrote:
> > > nev young <newsforpasiphae1953 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> On 16/01/16 11:59, nev young wrote:
> > >>> On 15/01/16 10:51, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > >>>> In message <n7ae56$3n8$1 at dont-email.me>, nev young
> > >>>> <newsforpasiphae1953 at yahoo.co.uk> writes
> > >>>>
> > >>>> As a PS, I've just tried XP-IE8 again (on my normal PC), and although I
> > >>>> managed to get QRZ looking normal yesterday evening, again it's not
> > >>>> really being displayed correctly. [Maybe they're working on it?]
> > >>>>>
> > >>> Further to my last post. I am now pretty sure it's a demon thing.
> > >>>
> > >>> QRZ on my laptop is broken when I connect via my demon broadband but is
> > >>> OK when I connect it to via a local wifi hotspot on my phone via EE.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> I had the following un-useful reply from demon:
> > >>
> > >> ==========
> > >> Thanks for your email.
> > >>
> > >> Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done from our side.
> > >>
> > >> We can only recommend that you contact The Internet Watch Foundation and
> > >> request that they look at the block that is currently registered with them.
> > >>
> > >> https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-iwf/contact-us
> > >> ==========
> > >>
> > >> So it appears that somebody thinks there is kiddie porn on QRZ !!
> > > 
> > > I believe the IWF block a great deal more than kiddie porn nowadays.
> > > And, what with the Americans believing in free speech, this is going to
> > > cause increasing problems with modern content management type hosting.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Roger, "Free Speech" has nothing to do with the internet.  It means the
> > U.S. government can't limit your speech.  But the internet is run by
> > private companies, who can set their own rules as to what is acceptable
> > and what isn't.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, too many Americans don't understand that bit.
> 
> Well I fully understand it;   but the UK government can and does censor
> various things - this probably isn't the place to discuss the details.
> Just that if some of the things they want to censor by IP are on a big
> international server it may have ramifications on lots of other content.
> 
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> -- 
> 
> Roger Hayter
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