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RE: Re[2]: [dvd-discuss] EFF opposes blacklisting spammers




On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Richard Hartman wrote:
> Moreover, spamming is not an excercise of free-speech.  It is an
> attempt at free advertising.  Basically, they are getting something
> for nothing.  They are (generally) trying to sell something, and not
> have to pay to advertise it.

No one's claiming that RBL blocks spammer's rights to free speech... at
least that's not how I read it.

RBLs block LEGITIMATE SPEECH in an attempt to block spammers.

The cure is worse than the disease.

J.
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