On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:03:55 -0600, "Derek Scruggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm NOT entering the discussion about Bellsouth/SPEWS, but do any legal >types on the list know if this is actually legal? Though consumer boycotts >are legal, I believe business boycotts are illegal under antitrust law. My >understanding is, a group of businesses cannot get together and decide >collectively NOT to do business with another business. This is why travel >agents are at the mercy of the airlines when it comes to commissions - >otherwise they'd just get together and, say, refuse to send business to >American Airlines if they think American's commissions are too low (or for >whatever reason). I suppose private property laws trumps antitrust law in >the case of spam, but it's an interesting thought experiment. There seems to me to be a significant difference between "businesses getting together to decide not to send beneficial transactions to Company A" and "businesses getting together and deciding not to let Company A use their resources for Company A's financial benefit without permission or payment". But that could just be my somewhat skewed viewpoint. mdr -- The hits just keep on coming for poor "Nadine". See the sad tale of email lists gone horribly wrong at <http://www.honet.com/Nadine/> F - IW GEVNP _______________________________________________ spamcon-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.spamcon.org/mailman/listinfo/spamcon-general#subscribers Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: Use the URL above or send "help" in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
