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Laurence 'Green Card' Canter Has No Regrets

Posted by michael on from the father-of-the-modern-spam-has-a-nice-ring-to-it dept.

madmagic writes "News.com has an interview today with the surviving lawyer who spammed Usenet with multiple "Green Card Lottery" posts in '94." And today we can get spam in 20 different languages. Hurray.

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  1. Spamming is a right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sending spam is right that we all have as users of open distributed systems.

    If that right is revoked, what is next? Your freedom to browse whatever website you want?

    People need to wake up or they will come for YOU next. At its core, this is a basic civil rights issue.

  2. Spam and the First Amendment by John+Peterson · · Score: 0, Troll

    People who want to ban or regulate spam try to undermine our Freedom of Speech. I say, we have to defend our American freedoms! This guy is a hero!

  3. class action, anyone? by eshefer · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm wondering whether a class action can be litegated on this guy for starting spamming.. Would serve this lawyer right...