At 10:27 -0400 on 2002-09-19, Dean Anderson wrote:
> But I presume you are an ACM member, and that you gave them your email
> address. In that case, they have a right to spam you. You paid for that
> with your membership fees.
>
> --Dean
(Keep in mind the above is coming from the well known kook who threatens
specious legal action against those who have null-routed his networks
and/or banned his domains from reaching their own equipment.)
In fact, membership in an organization can not and does not implicitly give
that organization the right to send bulk email to you.
Any such terms should be explicit, if only to avoid misunderstandings. You
can also negotiate them separately, as those of us who have joined SAGE
Members have done. But it's certainly not a given.
Richard
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