[12256] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: C&S&NYT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph W. Stroup)
Wed May 11 19:11:17 1994
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
To: Mike Bauer <bauer@tig.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9405111240.AA27641@psi.com>
Why not just program them out of your system ? There are more than
enough ways to reject their junk.
Joseph Stroup
On Wed, 11 May 1994, Mike Bauer wrote:
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> Peter Lewis has two big articles on them and the general state of
> controversy on USENET in the NYT today. It's typical Peter. He seems
> to side once again, however subtly, with what seems to be "normal
> business people taking rightful advantage of a 'geek' medium." Title
> of the article is "Sneering at a virtual lynch mob." Quotes include
> one discussing how Mr. Canter admires the person who built robotic
> pager to page them 40 times a night: '"I must admit, I admire his
> tenacity," said Mr. Canter, who is tenacious himself.' He even goes
> on to sweep their suspension from the Florida bar under the rugh. by
> saying that was simply "not their first experience with public scorn."
>
> I'm beginning to wonder who's going to start causing more damage, C&S
> or the NYT. At any rate, it's clear that the only way to get at these
> people is to find some other kind of legal or market avenue to stop
> them. It would sure be nice if superoxygenated water violated some
> kind of Department of Commerce statute or that some of their
> activities violated some zoning ordinance or something. I don't know
> who in their right mind is going to advertise with these people.
>
> Oh, and is saying someone sure looks ugly a possible basis for a
> lawsuit?
>
>
