Hardly Pandora's box, Craig, unless you really believe that the "do not call
list" for your telephone service was such a terrible thing. This is a very
close equivalent of the do not call list, applied to your IP connection. I'm
all for it.
If someone acquires, say, a Facebook account, he has to understand the possible
consequences. But just as you would not expect your telephone company to
monitor everything you say on the telephone, and to sell the information to
telemarketers, you also should not have to accept the Internet service provider
feeling free to carry on such practices.
These regulations usually, possibly always, result from flagrant abuse by
overly greedy SOBs. The do not call list convincingly makes this point. It did
not exist until after flagrant abuse of the telephone system began. If
anything, it was overdue.
Internet email almost imploded with spam already. In retaliation, email
providers now have institute draconian spam filters, that frequently end up
blocking legitimate messages. Excessive greed becomes a big nuisance for
everyone.
The sky is hardly falling if the government does its job, Craig.
Bert
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