[2519] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Advertising
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul E. McKenney)
Fri Mar 13 11:25:14 1992
From: Paul E. McKenney <mckenney@sequent.com>
To: SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM (Sean Donelan)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 92 8:22:49 PST
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <920313025129.9d14@SDG.DRA.COM>; from "Sean Donelan" at Mar 13, 92 2:51 am
>>If there were no AUP, would the net be available
>>as a channel for direct-mail advertising? Junk
>>mail currently costs $.40 or more per item, and
>>every postal increase squeezes advertisers harder.
>
>Remember, cheap network mail works in both directions. If the
>network culture really disliked junk mail, I don't think a smart
>advertiser would make the same mistake twice.
You are right; if the advertisers had sufficient clout, they would
work very hard to punish whoever caused them trouble. You know,
send threatening letters to these people's employers, etc. :-)
Thanx, Paul
