It
is sad that we even have terms of service for this
organization but we do and its
need is based on both the
experiences of PRN (see below)
as well as our experiences
within the PNW DMR Network.
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Start of PNW
DMR's Terms of
Service
PNW DMR
is a DMR radio and IP network
consisting of Amateur Radio repeaters
that are independently owned, operated
and linked by way of public and
private IP transport networks. PNW
DMR reserves the
right to, at any time, make changes,
with or without notice to enhance or
restrict repeater access/hosting,
data, talkgroup or user access.
PNW DMR also reserves the right to
remove your access or block your use
or use by any of your users on or
through the PNW DMR networks, at any
time, with or without notice.
PNW DMR Repeater
owners and users must use a valid
repeater ID and all users must use a
valid radio ID issued by
Radioid.net and
assigned to them for that
purpose. Any use of
unsanctioned or custom talkgroups is
forbidden without the express
approval of the repeater owner with
written notice to and with the
written concurrence to PNW
DMR.
Users of
PNW
DMR repeaters,
MMDVM and network servers must
register for membership in our
groups.io. The membership must
include the users name, Radio ID(s),
call sign and city/state of
residence and Email address.
PNW DMR is not public utility nor a
common carrier. PNW DMR is a private
Amateur Radio network of private
Amateur Radio repeaters which allow
use by most licensed Amateur Radio
Operators under a not-for-profit and
public benefit environment, subject
to control or restriction by
individual and independent repeater
owners or their trustees and/or
c-Bridge owners or their
administrators who may
enable/disable transport of repeater
traffic and user access.
Your use or continued use of any
repeater connected to the PNW DMR
networks, any of our transport
networks directly or indirectly or
this website infers no right to any
continued use of any repeaters or
transport networks. Any or all of
our radio and/or network assets may
be withdrawn at any time for any
reason without notice or recourse to
you as an individual user or as a
repeater owner/administrator or any
or all of your users.
Encryption is
not permitted; your repeater will
be most certainly be blocked from
our networks and your radio ID's
blocked from the PNW DMR networks
with or without notice.
The written terms of service may
change at any time, with or without
notice. You should return to
this page every 30 days and re-read
it's content.
What this means in Ham parlance: If
you play in our sandbox, then you
must play nicely, get along with
others and then you may use our
infrastructure, if you can't abide
by our terms of service, then you
cannot use our stuff.
End of PNW
DMR's Terms of
Service
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While all of
the above is arguably not the
typical Ham approach
for what is commonly known as
Amateur Radio,
please give a tip of the hat to
K1DMR, as his lawsuit was the
genesis to create the above terms.
Read on for one of Ham Radio's
darker moments.
A ham known as
Kenneth
Bryant, K1DMR filed a lawsuit
in 2015 against those NCPRN
repeater and c-Bridge owners (see
the directory
for more links and files) because
his access (to NCPRN) was restricted
due to his (alleged)
commercial/business related use of
their network and repeaters.
Further, Bryant continued his
prosecution of 2 of his many named
defendants over the course of the
next year.
See the GoFundMe
Campaign and consider
a donation to support
Scott's (KF4DBW) defense. By
doing so, you really are supporting
your local repeater owners and the
c-Bridge administrators
and...believe it or not, all
users. Make a contribution, as
little as $5 to $10 to get updates
from the GFM campaign. Include
your name and call sign to show your
public support if at all possible.
To be very clear, you would be
supporting yourself as it is us
(you, me and Scott, etc) who provide
the all this to you at no
cost. It will affect you
directly if you simply discount or
ignore this issue. Fewer repeaters
will be deployed and/or more will go
to a closed access format. Please
educate yourself by reading from the
links above.
Skip your dinner out one time and
send that money to support the defense
of this outrageous case
repeater owner or network
admin. -- Mike,
NO7RF
UPDATE
1: November 17, 2016:
Lawsuit
settled short of
trial, colossal waste of money,
but no precedent set:
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In
the matter of Kenneth
Bryant v. NCPRN, Scott
Whitaker and Wade
Hampton, Jr., this
issue has been
resolved. We
regret this matter
occurred and
acknowledge that it
could have been
handled better, and
regret some of the
unfortunate public
comments made
pertaining to this
litigation and to Mr.
Bryant. It is in
the best interests of
Amateur Radio that
this matter be
resolved without
further litigation.
Network
privileges for Kenneth
Bryant are restored.
The
parties ask the
community not to
discuss this matter
further.
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UPDATE
2: December 09,
2016: The GoFundMe
campaign has been terminated...a
total of $6,625 was collected,
much less than the $15,000 to
$20,000 of costs that Bryant
caused just this single
defendant in his defense of the
lawsuit.
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