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

Well, I just flat disagree with your ethical model but at least we
understand better what you're basing your comments on.

At any rate, you're generalizing the original assertion to make your
point, the herald you were responding to said:

    220 smtp.TheWorld.com: ESMTP => NOTICE <= Advertising and
    Promotional E-Mail Billable to Sender @ USD 0.25/recipient -- USE
    CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS, Theft of Service Will be Pursued

which I don't think your sister selling her car would apply to.

But, more importantly, let's get the general concept promoted and then
bang out the fine points.

As they say, hard cases make bad law.

Understand, you have every right to provide whatever resources you
like, at no cost, to spammers. I have no problem or even opinion on
that (other than that it'd be F****G STUPID!)


On August 2, 2004 at 13:37 rogerk at queernet.org (rogerk at queernet.org) wrote:
 > Quoting Barry Shein <bzs at world.std.com>:
 > 
 > >
 > > It would be more interesting if you would identify the basis for your
 > > objection. Criminal law? Regulatory? Potentially tortious? Business
 > > model? Ethical? Something else none of us has ever heard of?
 > 
 > Ethical.  If you are selling me the right to receive email, it's not really your
 > business on whether or not the person writing me might make money off a piece
 > of mail I've consented to receive.  If my sister sells me her car in the
 > message that some of the baby pictures are attached to, are you entitled to a
 > cut?

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        -Barry Shein

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