[AusNOG] Fwd: LulzSec Leader Arrested in Sydney - One of our

[Matt Whitlock]

That's good to hear Mark. I just wish my experiences were like these!

On 27/04/2013, at 19:35, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:

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> On 27/04/2013, at 6:54 PM, Matt Whitlock <mbw.whitlock at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> So I've been avoiding this discussion but I think my experience with AusNOG is relevant to this.
> 
> I had the opposite experience, quite recently.
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> After I sent my IPv6 "Objections to Sale" message to this list last month, I was contacted by
> a journalist interested in quoting it in their publication.
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> I assented -- Quite happy to have that kind of stuff spread far and wide if the effect is to 
> accelerate IPv6 adoption!
> 
> A day or so later the journalist replied and said they'd checked the list charter, and noted
> that posts made to the list were not intended for consumption by media outlets, so he wouldn't
> be using it.
> 
> So I guess it depends on the media outlet:  Some of them are more diligent about checking,
> sourcing, and ethics than others.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  - mark
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