On 05/17/2012 11:56 AM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > > But I still think that it was merely an issue of > announcing it rather than gathering data from > > the list. > First, that (assuming I understand correctly) the message was apparently sent by means other than the list suggests that a list of subscribers was indeed divulged. Second, while the label "spam" might be a value judgement, it was certainly "unsolicited commercial email." Third, it is unclear that there was any means to opt out of such solicitations.
By the applicable ethical standards I'm aware of, all of these are problematic. -- David Benfell dbenf...@gmail.com
