1996-08-21 - Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)

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From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: Ross Wright <rwright@adnetsol.com>
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Message ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960821150339.9917H-100000@mercury.thepoint.net>
Reply To: <199608210340.UAA06334@adnetsol.adnetsol.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-08-21 22:40:51 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 06:40:51 +0800

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From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 06:40:51 +0800
To: Ross Wright <rwright@adnetsol.com>
Subject: Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)
In-Reply-To: <199608210340.UAA06334@adnetsol.adnetsol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960821150339.9917H-100000@mercury.thepoint.net>
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> ... 
> I pay for my net access.  I pay for my Sunday paper, it's full of ads 
> too!!  Ethics???  Let's rat out on the EVIL spammers!!  Let's turn 

When my ISP tells me that I must accept spammed advertising with my 
monthly fee, as the Sunday paper effectively does with its ads, your 
analogy might have some meaning.   And I have the option of sending the 
ads to the advertiser, telling them that the ads suck. 

Free (commercial)speech for you (perhaps at our expense), but no free 
speech for us?

EBD
  


> them into thier ISP!!!  That's a load of CRAP!!!!
> 
> Ross
> 
> ===========
> Ross Wright
> King Media: Bulk Sales of Software Media and Duplication Services
> http://www.slip.net/~cdr/kingmedia
> Voice: 415-206-9906
> 





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