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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Re: Down with Spam
From:       "Danny J. Blubaugh" <dblubaugh () mtwest ! net>
Date:       1999-04-30 16:28:16
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>> I wonder if this will silence the spam advocates who argue that spam is
>> okay because:

>1) Nothing will silence spam advocates; they look at the world through
>spam-colored glasses.

I guess you're right.  I was particularly thinking that it should silence
the arguments that Dennis makes, since his primary arguments (freedom of
speech, mail servers as "public" property, and nobody is harmed) were the
same arguments presented by the spammer and which were emphatically thrown
out by the judge.  However, Dennis responds:

>This is completely different...this is about using corporate equipment for
>personal use, not about spam in general. This ruling does not affect a
>private company using their own mail server...the recipients are not
>involved in this decision. I dont think anyone argues about sourcing..using
>someone elses mail server to send is wrong...its the recipient end that is
>at issue.

As if ISP's are not private companies.  Also, concerning the recipients,
the judge ruled that there were damages becasue of the lost productivity of
the employees that were spammed.  Spam costs the recipients plenty.


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