From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Fri Mar 15 2002 - 14:41:10 MST
This is close enough to the existing successful "spread this useful
information" memes and targetted at the wallet -- I think it'd stand a
chance of working. Add a few more major stores to the list.
So it's a Good Plan. Reason seal of approval.
The scary thing is that it sounds completely unreasonable and crankish when
put like that below. And it's mostly true. Ever onwards that thing that
likes to call itself the land of the free. Hah.
Reason
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 12:58 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: MMF-style letter re: SSSCA
>
>
> You know all those Make Money Fast type letters? Annoying (and
> usually scammy) as they may be, they illustrate a possible way to
> spread alerts. I've yet to hear of such a method being used to
> spread legitimate information, but over on /., they've proposed a way
> to use this to counter the proposed SSSCA law. I suspect most of the
> people on this list would like to see the SSSCA not become law, even
> non-US Extropes (so it doesn't become a model for your own country to
> adpot, and/or so certain overzealous employees of the US government
> won't be tempted to bully your country into complying with this law).
> Would spamming be ethical in this case, since the information within is
> verifiably correct?
>
> Here's what they've come up with so far.
>
> ---
>
> Congress and Hollywood to make you pay
>
> Hollywood has gotten Congress to propose a law that will force you to
> have to buy new VCRs, CD players, and computers. If you keep your old
> ones, any new CDs or movies you buy won't work! If you buy a new one,
> any old CDs or movies won't work! Either way, we're in trouble! Also,
> forget about taking home videos -- you'll need to go to a professional
> place if you want to make copies for your folks. This little surprise is
> called SSSCA and is being slipped in by the hollywood movie moguls so
> they can make more $$$ and force us to buy the same stuff twice. Anyway,
> I'm passing this along to everyone I know, it'd be great if you did the
> same. I guess you could fax your congressman or complain at your local
> Best Buy on this.
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