IP: more on DMA (Direct Marketing Association)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> cc: lauren () pfir org
> Subject: Re: IP: more on DMA (Direct Marketing Association)
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:19:26 -0800
> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
>
> > "Correction. It doesn't cost anything to get removed from mass e-mailing
> > lists." [ But it does from EACH of the others doing it online djf]
>
> Dave,
>
> As far as I'm concerned these Direct Marketing Association programs
> regarding SPAM have been, at best, meaningless.  Though there have been some
> changes over the last two years, my PRIVACY Forum piece (January, 2000)
> regarding the DMA's view of SPAM still seems largely relevant:
>
>    Direct Marketing Association's "Spam Solution"--Useless, or Worse!
>    http://www.vortex.com/privacy/priv.09.05
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren () pfir org or lauren () vortex com or lauren () privacyforum org
> Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, Fact Squad - http://www.factsquad.org
> Co-Founder, URIICA - Union for Representative International Internet
>                      Cooperation and Analysis - http://www.uriica.org
> Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy

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