I have an idea - they should send people email promising them free pr0n with a link to the site contained within. I don't see how this could fail - we'll code name it "Armour".
It's not leaving a note on the windshield. That is done in a public space.
This is more akin to them walking in to my place of employment and stapling a note to every cubicle. The free speech issue here is not the primary one - spammers use resources that are not theirs, including but not limited to my ISP's server space.
While the cost of dealing with any single item of spam may be negligible, the aggregate costs are absurd. Unless a method can be effectively developed to transfer those costs from my ISP (and indirectly me) to the people who SHOULD be paying them, free speech doesn't come into play here at all.
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I have an idea - they should send people email promising them free pr0n with a link to the site contained within. I don't see how this could fail - we'll code name it "Armour".
What's next - magnetic spam for your refrigerator?
Have they not seen the Chinese gymnastics teams of the past few Olympiads? I think this is OLD news.
It's not leaving a note on the windshield. That is done in a public space. This is more akin to them walking in to my place of employment and stapling a note to every cubicle. The free speech issue here is not the primary one - spammers use resources that are not theirs, including but not limited to my ISP's server space. While the cost of dealing with any single item of spam may be negligible, the aggregate costs are absurd. Unless a method can be effectively developed to transfer those costs from my ISP (and indirectly me) to the people who SHOULD be paying them, free speech doesn't come into play here at all.
How long before Metallica's Lars tries to have this fungus outlawed by the federal government, as it may cut into his money-making abilities?