No request to have satellite guys remove links was made
I got an email requesting that we remove links to
Mainers Law Library --- Tivo v Echostar GO TIVO! which is a site called Mainers Law Library. The request was made because (as the email said we are "a Dish Network site") and the fact that the person running the site is out of work and we are eating his bandwidth.
I think I started this mess with some PMs, not an email and not an email to you. It is clear that the message has been mangled in the process.
I asked posters who posted direct links to docs on Mainer's site to link to the site instead. As justification I pointed out that Mainer paid for those docs, and pays to host them on his site. Those links bypass his button where a visitor can volunteer to contribute. It just seems fair and right to me not go around that if you have the option and I left it at the poster's individual discretion as to whether or not they wished to change their posts. Some changed their posts, others did not. In one case a request to do this in the open forum was removed and I was told that links to Mainer's site are not allowed. Thus I simply PM'd and asked politely, leaving it to the poster's discretion what to do.
I DID NOT ask you or the website to become involved in any way. I did not ask for an email to be sent to you, and I am not requesting you or your mods change or take down any posts. Any such request is beyond what was asked.
The request is denied since this is the internet and linking to stuff is what the internet is about. If the person is having trouble with his hosting of the documents, he can contact me and I will give him space here on our server to host the files. (And no I dont care if hes pro Dish or pro Tivo.) I do think the public should see these documents and from the looks of things the person who has been putting these things online h as worked hard at doing it.
No request was made for this to my knowledge, it was an over-reaction on someone's part to my PMs, to the best of my knowledge. Your poster's should be allowed to link, if requested to modify the link, it should be their business whether to honor or ignore the request.
While the offer of space appears valuable, it is and was not the real issue. The offered space would not likely include the ability for visitors to see Mainer's site.
Second of all we (SatellilteGuys.US) is not a Dish Network site.
I have never questioned this.
I see you have linked Mainer's site. Does that mean that others are now allowed to do so also without having their posts removed for linking the site of a banned former member?
Finally, if my PM requests violate a rule here, I deeply apologize. I will immediately desist.
It was never my intention to start a tempest in a tea-kettle, but I fear I have. For that I apologize both to the community and especially to Mainer. If my posts or PM have resulted in others making your situation public when that should not have been done, please forgive me.
P.S. Scott, I posted here because attempts to PM you were rejected.
