Monthly Archives: November 2002

People Buy From These Schmucks?!?

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For Bulk E-Mailer, Pestering Millions Offers Path to Profit
By MYLENE MANGALINDAN

"DUNEDIN, Fla. — The sun was setting on Laura Betterly’s six-bedroom house as she reviewed a pair of outgoing e-mail messages one last time. Satisfied, she moved her cursor to the ‘send’ icon and clicked.

‘It’s that simple,’ Ms. Betterly said triumphantly, swiping her palms. She had just dispatched e-mail messages to 500,000 strangers. Half saw the subject line: ‘Don’t miss your chance to win 2002 Lexus RX300.’ The other half saw: ‘Win a trip to Nascar!’"

DMCA Under Review

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Copyright law gets a second look
Foes of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act have a second chance to tweak a section of the controversial law.
By Declan McCullagh

“On Tuesday, the U.S. Copyright Office began accepting comments from the public on the law’s ‘anticircumvention’ section, which limits people’s ability to bypass copy-protection mechanisms. Comments are due by Dec. 18. “

Copy Control Complaint Desk Opens
Formal public comment on DMCA invited for one month, then feds will reconsider act.
Michelle Madigan

“WASHINGTON — Frustrated with technological access controls on digital media? Disdainful of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act? The feds are inviting you to vent.”

Identity Abuse

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Her picture became a porn ad
Scam artist stole her photo, used it in fake personals
By Bob Sullivan

“Don’t put your picture online” was a common warning in the early days of the Internet. Sound paranoid in the era of online dating? Don’t tell that to Laura, who 18 months ago put up an online personals ad for one month. Since then, her photo has been stolen and used in dozens of fake personals ads soliciting hard-core sex and pornography. “You have no control,” she said. “What’s hardest is you have no idea who’s seen it. What if someone really believes those things?”