[11988] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Green Card Incident
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph W. Stroup)
Thu Apr 28 23:05:52 1994
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 16:41:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
To: "Marianne P. Lavelle" <mlavelle@cap.gwu.edu>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.07.9404271039.C2319-a100000@cap.gwu.edu>
I can't resist. Lady do you know anything about the Internet News Groups ?
Send me direct e-mail and I will be glad to explain things to you. These
lawyers - with informed intent caused a problem that went around the
world. By the way, I see that you have a .EDU address ? Is this for
commercial communications over the Internet ? Just curious. :-)
Joseph Stroup
On Wed, 27 Apr 1994, Marianne P. Lavelle wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a writer for The National Law Journal, a newspaper for lawyers. Can
> anyone on this list suggest an expert to talk to on this issue: Why did
> the lawyers who sent the Green Card advertisement to all Usenet Groups
> cause such a ruckus, when other law firms/lawyers engage in more subtle
> forms of advertising on the Net. For example, one big law firm has runs a
> World Wide Web server. Is it just a question of the WAY the immigration
> lawyers advertised, the fact that they generated enough hate mail to crash
> their system, etc.? Thank you so much for your help. If possible, could
> you reply directly to my personal e-mail address?
> Marianne Lavelle
> mlavelle@cap.gwu.edu
> Or Call: 202-662-8921
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