RE: [dvd-discuss] EFF opposes blacklisting spammers

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rik van Riel [mailto:riel@conectiva.com.br]
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 3:35 AM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] EFF opposes blacklisting spammers
> 
> 
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Bryan Taylor wrote:
> 
> > "Email is protected speech. There is a fundamental free speech right
> > to be able to send and receive messages, regardless of 
> medium. Unless
> > that right is being abused by a particular individual, that 
> individual
> > must not be restricted.
> 
> Now wait a moment ... I agree that spammers have the right
> to free speech in public places, but you have to remember
> that my mailbox is private space, not public space.

Correct.  The "public space" on the internet is a web site.
Anybody can set up their own web site.  There are even a whole
slew of places that will let you set one up for free.

A kind of halfway point between public and private are
newsgroups.  These are truely public bulletin boards, but
each has a charter and off-topic postings are not welcome.
In there is usually a groups somewhere where what you want
to say is on-topic, it's a matter of finding the right one
(or creating a new alt.whatever group).


-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

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