[atlarge-discuss] Re: FC: BusinessWeek: "Spam -- the inevitable result of capitalism?"

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Declan Jane and all,

  Great and very interesting article here Jane.  Thank
you Declan for passing it along.

Declan McCullagh wrote:

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>
> From: "Jane Black" <jane_black@businessweek.com>
> To: <declan@well.com>
> Subject: Spam -- the inevitable result of capitalism?
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:26:18 -0400
> Organization: BusinessWeek Online
>
> Hi Declan,
> I'm getting good feedback on this story, which is part of BusinessWeek's
> latest look at the Web and society. Thought it might be of interest to
> Politech readers...
>
> <snip> In a sense, spam may be too much of a good thing. True, plenty of
> junk communication existed pre-Internet, but there were -- and still are --
> accompanying costs. Telemarketers have to pay the phone company to interrupt
> you during dinner, and organizations you have no interest in supporting have
> to pay the post office to send their solicitations. But spam costs almost
> nothing to reach hundreds of millions of people. So, here's the question for
> technologists, economists, and legislators: Is there such a thing as
> communication that's too cheap? </snip>
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2003/tc20030610_1670_tc104
> .htm
>
> The rest of the report is here:
> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tc_special/03social.htm
>
> Cheers
> Jane Black
>
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