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Re: [dvd-discuss] More on MAPS & Blacklisting
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] More on MAPS & Blacklisting
- From: "D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:37:56 -0700
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- Organization: ***** SPLORFFF!!! *****
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- Reply-To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Sender: owner-dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
On Monday 22 October 2001 13:01, you wrote:
> http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=17493
>
> Evidently, MAPS will blacklist you if you offer mailing lists that are not
> "fully verified opt-in", enforced by sending a confirmation to the address.
>
> Experian eMarketing operates a service which offers such unverified "direct
> marketing". Evidently, they sued MAPS who, oddly, put their tail between their
> legs and settled with them and agreed to remove them off of their list.
Simply put, MAPS ran out of money. They'd apparently run through
over a megabuck and no end in sight, so they cut their losses. Too
bad they didn't call it a SLAPP, though.
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