We Want Happy Spammers (Score 1)

For those of you who believe the Spam issue turns on some property right or involves theft of services, do you also believe that buying a TV and hooking it to your cable company makes you the owner of the cable network? ISP's are generally subject (in the US) to the same laws as telephone company and broadcasters - their networks are essential public property (as is the Internet) and they are obliged to carry legal traffic. And that includes calls to sell you a newspaper subscription or ask for a political contribution to your "Do Not Call" home telephone. As an Internet subscriber you have every right to block traffic you don't want from reaching your mail queue, but you have no right to demand that I refrain from sending lawful e-mails. No offense intended. It's your First Amendment, too. Defend it; don't throw it away.