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- From: Gerard Van der Leun <van@EFF.ORG>
- Subject: Re: Commercials on Internet ?
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- In article <2b31f865.enduser@eti.com>, lbarone@eti.com (Lou Barone) wrote:
- >
- > Regarding the Tracy LaQuey Adison-Wesley $10.95 'advertisement' I just read,
- > who will pay my connect costs? Tracy? Are we now all free to send blanket
- > commercials on Internet? If so, then great! To what address do I send the
- > first of our many upcoming advertisements?
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- usefulNet@publishers.clearing.house.com
-
- >
- > And I hope the Al Gore reference doesn't somehow imply that the politicians
- > have access to us via the Internet. Is this what was meant by 'change'?
-
- No. What was meant by "change" was "spare change"...if you have some you
- can send it to the politician of your choice. Ross Perot was the one
- that wanted to access you. But, being smart, he was going to use the
- television.
-
- > I joined Internet and a few lists to acquire information! I didn't join
- > to make the phone company richer while I pay for junk mail!
-
- If you are here to actually acquire information, an investment in the
- new Britannica might be more prudent and much cheaper. Information,
- opinions, lists, infolets, factoids, opinions, one-liners... this is
- not an "Information server". "This" is over a thousand committees of
- correspondence, backyard chat, and more opinions than there are islands
- in Indonesia. You want information -- 411.
-
- > Does the appearance of advertisements and political references on Internet
- > bother anyone else but me?
-
- Not me. And it wasn't an "ad".
-