[11802] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: NYTimes 'green card' article
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Larribeau)
Wed Apr 20 18:39:48 1994
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 10:08:47 -0700
To: finn@mcs.com (the finn), com-priv@psi.com
From: blarrib@netcom.com (Bob Larribeau)
At 07:03 PM 4/19/94, the finn wrote:
> You might want to check out this mornings edition of the New York
>Times. It has an article in section C about the 'Green Card' Ad, with full
>b&w photo of the offending lawyer and his wife. From what I read, he doesn't
>sound terribly repentant. In fact, he wants to write a book about how to
>"advertise on the internet." I just can't shake the feeling that the article
>is overly sympathetic towards his side of the story. Frightening.
>
>
>
>finn
>--
>"I'm not in the business- I AM the business."
>
>
What does this guy have to be repentant about. He got tremendous exposure,
including his picture in the New York Times for a minimal investment. He
probably got a number of querys from people wanting Green Cards. What he
did was a pain in the neck, but it wasn't illegal.
Now that it has hit the mainstream the Internet is going to be exploited by
people for their own purposes --- that is the what commercialism is all
about. Some of these people will be "good citizens", others will not. This
comes as part of the fruits of our success.
Bob
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