15th November 2003

Confirmation of change of categorisation of UKCIA on the database of Secure Computings "Smartfiler" censorware service. Note we asked to be removed from their database, they have not done that, rather they have simply moved us.

From: "sf_sites" <sites@smartfilter.com>
To: "Derek" <derek@ukcia.org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: Blocked websites lca-uk.org and www.ukcia.org

Dear Mr. Williams:

Thank you for bringing this error to our attention.
The URL will be changed to the following
category:

http://www.ukcia.org - 'politics/religion/opinion'

Sorry for any inconvenience that this error has caused
you.

The control list with this correction will be available
on 11/18/03 at 12:00 p.m. CST from our ftp server.

If, after installing the control list dated above, the
URL has not been corrected as stated above, please
contact us.

Thank you.

SmartFilter Sites
Secure Computing Corporation
sites@smartfilter.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek [mailto:derek@ukcia.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:40 PM
To: sf_sites
Subject: Blocked websites lca-uk.org and www.ukcia.org

Sir

The websites of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org/
and the UK Cannabis Inernet Activists http://www.ukcia.org are being
blocked by your "Smartfilter" web filtering software in libraries in the
UK.

I would like to ask that you remove these sites from your list.

lca-uk.org is the website of a registered political party in the UK.

ukcia.org is the website of the British Legalise Cannabis campaigns, as
such it sets out to be a factual source of information relating to
cannabis, its uses and the culture it relates to.

The question of the legalisation of cannabis is a big political issue in
the UK at this time. To prevent one side of that debate from presenting
its case amounts to censorship.

Neither of these websites seeks to encourage the use of cannabis or any
other drug.

Please remove these sites from your filter.

Yours sincerely

Derek Williams
Webteam UKCIA

UKCIA
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Bethel Street
Norwich
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