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Re: Court challenge to AOL junk-mail blocks
Anybody else have the cynical thought that the gubmint is trying to
*encourage* us to beg for regulation?
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On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Ross Wright wrote:
> On Or About: 6 Sep 96 at 23:16, Damaged Justice wrote:
>
> >
> > This is utter horseshit. AOL, like any private individual or organization,
> > has the right to refuse service to anyone at any time for any reason, or
> > even for no reason at all.
>
> Sure. I agree with that, no shoes no shirt, if you are on AOL you
> accept "internet-lite".
>
> > The gubmint isn't doing SQUAT, except forcing
> > AOL to allow the spammers access.
>
> Right now. Yet it has been apparent to me that many people are
> begging for restrictions to be put in place. Restrictions on
> spammers. The government saying anything about regulation of the
> internet is bad... Yet people still scream about a couple of
> unwanted e-mails. I'm saying that this spammer thing could be the
> "kink in our armour" that lets the government into our little
> playground here. Just suck it up and delete those messages.
>
> Jog it off.
>
> Ross
>
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