 | | | Re: OT-Opinions? | Re: OT-Opinions? 2004-03-30 - By richardsan
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i'm already paying 3.5 ?/day to not receive spam...
On Mar 30, 2004, at 3:22 PM, markdesmarais wrote:
>>> but how would you like to
>>> have to pay a postage fee for emails?
>>
>> Don't think that the internet needs to be regulated. Any time
>> government tries to regulate anything, it generally gets worse. As
>> far as the postage fee is concerned, an email message is, by
>> definition, not using the US mail service, and should have
> absolutely
>> nothing to do with them, or any fee.
>>
>> Let any politician smell money, and you will be paying a fee for
>> breathing...
>>
>> Harvey
>>
>>
>>> Brian
>
> I agree about regulation. . . however, the only context I've seen
> proposals for paying for email are around SPAM control, not
> regulation or revenues.
>
> The idea is that if it costs even a penny or so to send an email, it
> would make spamming unprofitable. Would you pay $5 a month to not get
> spam? Maybe a different answer. I'm not saying it's RIGHT to have to
> pay to get rid of spam, just that it may be an effective remedy.
> Since a lot of the spammers have moved offshore, we can't easily go
> after them with US law.. . .
>
> Markd
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