Here’s an email I got today on behalf of Steve Kelley, a former Minnesota state senator who is now Director of the Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy at the University of Minnesota.
A Message From Steve Kelley
Dear Friends,
I have appreciated your becoming part of my Internet community by signing up to get emails during the 2006 campaigns . . .
Needless to say, I never signed up to any Steve Kelley email list.
As a legislator, Kelley was active in a variety of efforts to regulate the Internet and e-commerce, and he passed legislation regulating ISPs’ information practices and attempting to prevent spam by outlawing deceptive subject lines.
Do ya’ think Minnesota is anything close to a spam-free state? Kelley’s work is little more than surplusage in the Minnesota code.
But given Kelley’s expertise, perhaps the Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy should start a project to outlaw political and academic spamming.
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