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Spam King Living High in the Bayou

Posted by michael on from the spam-and-eggs-and-spam dept.

mikey573 writes "Connecticut's main newspaper, The Hartford Courant, decided to bring the issue of spam to the forefront with a top headline front page story Spam King Living High In The Bayou in its Sunday print edition. The article goes into describing the spam marketing company "Opt-In Marketing Services". The article goes too much into glorifying one person's success with spam, while failing to underscore the potential problems he has caused for others."

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  1. Scelson data by Patrick13 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Someone else has done their homework on Scelson there is a bunch of info, including tel #s and addresses
    here.

    His interview makes him seem like an utter chump. Make him pay...

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  2. Rights -vs- privileges by the_rev_matt · · Score: 5, Informative

    He seems to missing a fundamental point: You do not have a Constitutional right to an internet connection. You cannot (or should not be able to) force a company to do business with you if they don't want to. If Qwest sees that they are losing customers because they provide internet access to you, they have a fiduciary duty to terminate their business relationship with you. I think I'll start buying stock in telecoms and ISP's just for the purpose of filing shareholder lawsuits against companies that cave in to spammers like this. Breach of fiduciary duty is extremely serious to large companies, and you can sue individual CEOs/board members/etc as well as the company. He wants to use the courts to force companies to provide services, the shareholders have a right to use the courts to make sure the companies DON'T provide those services to him.

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  3. He's got one thing right... by Howzer · · Score: 5, Informative
    The spammer speaks: "... If they didn't ask for it, they don't want it. And it's not that simple of a business."

    He's right - it isn't. But it damn well should be.

    If ever there was a sentence that motivates you to support anti-spamming groups, the spammer's words above should be it.

    If I didn't ask for it I don't want it.

    I joined up just now. You?