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   Review - Mail Them Pro

   8.0 Beta (Sep 4, 2005)

   While I haven't installed and utilized the program as yet, don't automatically assume that it can only be used for nefarious purposes. For example, I am a law student and representative for the number one bar review course in the nation. My school won't allow me to utilize their system to disseminate information due to its commercial nature. However, most, if not all, students want to know about the course. In my case, this is ideal since it allows me to put the information out there while allowing those who do not plan to use the service, if there are any, to decline receiving future messages through the unsubscribing feature. Of course, in the first email that I send I will advise students who do not wish to receive information regarding the course to unsubscribe. While you may call it spam, I say consider my particular situation where students, because they know that I am a representative, constantly bombard me with questions throughout the day, every day, which proves to be very inefficient. I have sent out emails the hard way, compiling group lists that gmail will allow and sending messages out, and have not received any complaint. To the contrary, people have heard of the message going out and asked me to add their name to the list.

2. Comment - Supreme Court to Decide P2P Legality

   8.0 Beta (Apr 1, 2005 - 11:43 PM)

   The sad truth is that the RIAA/MPAA is, instead of embracing the technology, placing their own monetary interests ahead of the public's right to the benefit of developing technology. They could solve the problem by undertaking the responsibility to protect their property in this new digital age through encryption, or providing the consumers with that which they are taking at a reasonable price, or pursuing those who infringe. But instead, they are trying to place the onus on the courts to eliminate the laws that have fostered the technological revolution as we know it today and place their revenue above all else. They are hanging on to their successful but outdated business model instead of adapting. They took the same position with sony and the VCR. When they lost that case they embraced the technology and have made more than one could imagine. They should be ashamed. This technology is capable of transmitting more than copyrighted content. Simply put, what goes in on one side comes out on the other. If they were diligent and protected their content, an encrypted file would come out on the other side. But they may say "poor me, people are breaking our encryption." While this may be true, I say sue those responsible with the ample tools granted under the DMCA. We have witnessed the P2P technology rapidly develop and who knows where it will take us. To the MPAA/RIAA, sue the one infringing or satisfy their needs at a reasonable price so that they can, and I believe that most are honest, purchase your product at the convenience they demand (these are market forces). They may say, no one will buy it if they could get it for free. But people do it every day with bottled water. KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DO THE HARD WORK YOURSELF.