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

[Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>]

That's true, I was thinking more of the places that want you to buy
something.

If you can call or email them or buy from a website, then you can call,
or email them, look up their service provider, figure out their home
address, etc.  If you can buy from their website, then you can look up who
owns the domain in NSI, who's merchant account is being used, etc.

-- noah silva 

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org wrote:

> Not necessarily. Lots of adult websites send out spam with their URLs. 
> Contacting them via the URL doesn't help you determine who actually 
> spammed you. It's another layer of obfuscation and deniability.
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> Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com>
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> yes, but the amusing thing is that they always have to include some form
> of contact if they expect you to actually purchase anything from them.
> 
>  -- noah silva 
> 
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Bryan Taylor wrote:
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> > 
> > --- Richard Hartman <hartman@onetouch.com> 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.
> > 
> > Well, advertising IS a form of speech. The real problem is when they 
> forge
> > headers or any of the other dirty tricks spammers use. I call this false
> > advertising or even fraud. This is a categrory of speech that isn't 
> protected
> > and can be regulated. Ultimately deceptive trade practices are an 
> attempt to
> > steal.
> > 
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