[11806] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Mr. Green Card makes the Times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lisa Losito)
Wed Apr 20 23:20:29 1994
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 16:30:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lisa Losito <lisa@access.digex.net>
To: Steven Grimm <koreth@hyperion.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199404201533.IAA20390@spud.Hyperion.COM>
On Wed, 20 Apr 1994, Steven Grimm wrote:
> What would happen if a bunch of site owners got together and billed that
> law firm for the disk space and bandwidth/phone time eaten by the ad?
> Getting a few thousand bills for two cents each might dissuade them from
> trying it again.
If they insist on suing indirect.com, then maybe a bunch of networks
should get together until the combined bill is more than than the
$250,000 they want. Maybe indirect should give them all their
email...if they want to spend time reading 30,000+ hate mail messages for
5 real leads, let 'em.
I was pretty angry that the depiction in the Times article was that
everyone objected to the commerical speech, when it was more a time and
manner objection. After all, in the end do we care if its XYZ widgets or
if its some guy's ramblings about the apocalypse? 5,000+ of anything is
wasteful and irritating, and a misuse of Usenet.
If stuff like this keeps up, I guess Canter and Seigel haven't figured
out that sites can choose not to carry unmoderated newsgroups or Usenet at
all, and cut off their "wonder market." I hate to see yet more ammunition
about how this stuff needs to be regulated to protect "the interests
of society."
and they look so damn smug in the picture too. Like they're the first
people to think about commercializing the Internet. ;)
Lisa
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