Re: [Asrg] Anti-spam laws do work, FYI. There's proof.

[Seth Breidbart <sethb at panix.com>]

"Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk at queernet.org> wrote:

> These are, of course, the same courts that don't believe that
> business concentration removes freedoms.  They take this stand on
> the assumption that there will be somewhere to go, protected by
> frtee-market shmoopiedoopy-nonsense -- without being aware that ISPs
> are consolidating or mindlessly falling into lockstep, and killing
> that choice.

So what's preventing queernet.org from expanding, or helping 500
clones of its service to grow?  All it takes to be an MSP is a colo
box; they aren't that expensive.  Nobody prevents more from arising at
any time.  In fact, I'd claim there are probably _more_ than a free
market would support, because people create and run them out of their
beliefs.  I have no problem with that.

> But what the hell, if 'it's OK for one company to own all of 
> the TV, radio, and newspapers in town, what's the difference?

I need government licenses for TV and radio, and a hell of a lot of
money to start an effective newspaper.  I need a couple of thousand $
(or a lot less) to start a MSP.

>> In view of courts existance of other companies providing same
>> services is consistant with giving customer choice of what service
>> they want to buy and if it is to be filtered or unfiltered, etc.
>
> See above.  It's a false security, based on theory that isn't borne out 
> in reality.

There aren't hundreds of MSPs offering services ranging from "no
filtering" through "user-controlled filtering" through "very strong
filtering"?  Are we on the same Internet?

Seth

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