Dirtbag lawyers plan MORE INTERNET ADVERTISING

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In article <dstabb.7...@BIX.com> dst...@BIX.com (dstabb on BIX) writes:
>From: dst...@BIX.com (dstabb on BIX)
>Subject: Re: Dirtbag lawyers plan MORE INTERNET ADVERTISING
>Date: 23 May 94 03:22:04 GMT
>tri...@dorsai.org (Net Runner) writes:
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>Steve Smith (s...@access.digex.net) wrote:
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>: Actually, I think that a class action lawsuit might not be a bad idea,
>: but for the whole net rather than just their own site. The amount that
>: each system had to spend to handle C&S's ~10MB spam, plus the huge
>: amount of traffic generated discussing it, would not be large. Say,
>: about $5.00. So $5.00 * 2,000,000 sites = $10 million. Should be
>: enough to get a lawyer interested. Especially with C&S bragging about
>: how much money they made with their ...
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>They showed up in a story on CNN today. They told the interviewer that the
>Internet provided a very "cost-effective" means of advertising, and that
>they had received several thousand positive responses to their solicitation.
>They sounded quite pleased with themselves and the whole mess. They also
>sounded like they were ready, willing, and able to do a repeat performance
>as soon as they think things have cooled off enough or some other things
>come up that they feel like spamming.
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>The attitude was clearly "get used to it" advertising was coming to the
>net and they were just part of the next big thing.
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>I'd be very interested if anybody knows any hard facts about events
>subsequent to their mailing - like the current status of their threat to
>sue their provider, I.D. for lost mail, and any actions by net users other
>than to send mail.
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>____|)avid dst...@bix.com dst...@ilc.com
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