Date: 07/01/2003 03:56 AM
From: Michael Powe ([email protected])
Subject: Bloggers Gain Libel Protection
The most interesting aspect of this story is the lack of any expression of remorse by the defendants ("Bloggers Gain Libel Protection," June 30, 2003).
They, apparently, did not have any concern for the possible damage of reputation to an innocent person. Smith may have done damage deliberately and Cremers didn't check facts – he actually did not care whether the information was true or not.
This should serve as a warning to anyone who gets information from a mailing list or website: Don't trust those sources. You don't know the motivation or history behind those messages. Or the truth.
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Date: 07/01/2003 08:02 AM
From: Evan G. Burroughs ([email protected])
Subject: Bloggers Gain Libel Protection
The ruling is idiocy in action ("Bloggers Gain Libel Protection," June 30, 2003).
Now vile rumors and childish gossip, replete with any and all grammatical and logical errors (since the blog crowd can't be bothered with spell-checking let alone any form of significant analysis), can spread like lightning and lives can now be ruined in nanoseconds.
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Date: 07/01/2003 12:23 PM
From: Karsten Wolf ([email protected])
Subject: Sinbad Hears Linux's Siren Song
Isn't Bill Gates one of the big financial investors in DreamWorks? I wonder what he thinks about DreamWorks using Linux ("Sinbad Hears Linux's Siren Song," July 1, 2003).
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Date: 07/01/2003 01:59 PM
From: Shmuel Seymour. J. Metz ([email protected])
Subject: Declaring a World War on Spam
There have already been court rulings in the United States that unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE) is theft of service, theft by conversion and trespass to chattel ("Declaring a World War on Spam," July 1, 2003).
UBE represents a massive cost shifting from the sender to the recipient, equivalent to sending millions of snail-mail advertisements with postage due. No company stealing from potential customers is legitimate.
Legitimate e-mailers use only confirmed opt-in. The biggest threat to the legitimate bulk e-mailers is the companies attempting to put a patina of legitimacy on opt-out junk e-mail. I am an American, but the European approach is the only one that is acceptable, whether judged on economics or on morality.
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