[11825] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: NYTimes 'green card' article
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN@hum)
Thu Apr 21 11:31:49 1994
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 94 09:10:28 EDT
From: Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN@humres-server.net.tufts.edu
To: com-priv@psi.com
> And the job or duty of those of us who believe that such activity should be
> discouraged is to reduce his benefit or increase his costs. 'EMailbombing'
> and autodialers to inbound 800 numbers are not illegal (just annoying or
> anti-social). We are not required to tolerate his activity.
I remember a couple of years ago there was this person who had his modem
dialing the Moral Majority's (sic.) hotline. The modem would dial,
leave some programmed silence, and then hang up before doing it all
again. Eventually he racked up the MM some large phone bill over it
and they caught him.
Last I heard about it, he was brought in to court and was facing
having to pay the bill and some charges. I don't know how it
turned out, but isn't this the same kind of thing?
--gk
