[10796] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: CyberSucker
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Baker)
Wed Mar 9 22:36:31 1994
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 1994 12:31:53 -0800
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: fbaker@acc.com (Fred Baker)
> Thanks for the warning about EPS and Mr. Suarez . In my earlier
>expressions of dismay about unsolicited advertising on the Internet, it was
>asserted by a number of folks that the Internet is self-policing. OK, I'm
>ready to accept that as a possibility. How is self-policing to be applied in
>this instance?
Well, two possibilities come to mind:
>Published reports put Suarez Corp. Industries (SCI) worth at only $100
>million
...
>You'd think with all these hard knocks, these guys would learn. What's the
>motivation? Do the math. Some 2.4 million Gut Busters were sold,
>according to FTC files, for total revenues of $55 million. (Minus a couple
>of slap-on-the-wrist fines. Question: Who's going to box their ears for
>scamming the Net??)
possibility #1: convince 1000 people with busted guts to sue and win
> $100,000,000
>For Suarez, adversity and conflict are his Rice Krispies and whole milk.
possibility #2: ignore him; he'll get bored and go away.
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Fred Baker (fbaker@acc.com)
Advanced Computer Communications
