ADVISORY/Congress Discusses Anti-Spam Legislation.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2000 TOPIC: As the Internet becomes increasingly clogged with unsolicited e-mails, Congress is considering laws to control the spread of spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). , the A.P. recently reported. The majority of spam involves get-rich schemes, investment ploys and invitations to view pornography. Many e-commerce owners see spam as a serious threat to their business. Also, spam reportedly pushes up Internet access See how to access the Internet. fees because Internet providers Internet provider - Internet Service Provider have to add hardware and buy broader telephone bandwidth to accommodate the extra e-mails. The House Commerce Committee's telecommunications subcommittee is expected next month to prepare new laws New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de. that would allow Internet providers to ban spam from their sites. However, some Internet advertisers say the federal crackdown on spam is premature, claiming that unsolicited mass e-mailing of legitimate advertisements is a potent marketing tool for the mass-marketing industry. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Ian Oxman is president of ChooseYourMail.com, a leading "opt-in" anti-spam e-mail marketing Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fundraising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. company and is founder of the Spam Recycling Center, a consumer assistance Web site devoted to helping consumers fight spam. He works directly with federal and state government officials to facilitate responsible anti-spam legislation. 312/456-3351 Ian.Oxman@chooseyourmail.com anthony.phipps@chooseyourmail.com Alan Schwartz Alan Schwartz is the President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. He assumed that position on June 25, 2001. Schwartz has worked at Bear Stearns since 1976, and is a 1972 graduate of Duke University. is author of "Stopping Spam" and an expert in strategies to combat unwanted or offensive e-mail. 707/829-0515, ext. 230 lisam@oreilly.com Sunil Paul, chairman and founder of Brightmail, Inc., is an expert on spam legislation and email security. 415/365-6190 wadooah_wali@ipri.com Jason Catlett is president of Junkbusters, a leading consumer resource on the control of telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. calls, unwanted mail, spam and commercial invasion of privacy invasion of privacy n. the intrusion into the personal life of another, without just cause, which can give the person whose privacy has been invaded a right to bring a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity that intruded. . 908/753-7861 catlett@junkbusters.com Alan Abdullahi, president of Lansoft, is an expert in e-mail technology and e-mail security issues. 614/540-6000, ext. 223 alan@lansoft.com shelleyt@lansoft.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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