The Internet could literally be buried in a flurry of electronic junk mail.
Predictor: Rotenberg, Marc
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article about Internet junk mail, Linda Himelstein writes for BusinessWeek about John Brogan’s threatened lawsuit against a company – Promo Enterprises – that allegedly sent out spam with his company – ReplyNet – listed on the return address. She quotes Marc Rotenberg, writing: ”The fracas underscores the hassle that unwelcome online solicitations are becoming. The reason: e-mail addresses are easy to identify, and electronic advertising requires minimal overhead. ‘The Internet could literally be buried in a flurry of electronic junk mail,’ warns Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.”
Biography:Marc Rotenberg, was founder and director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), in the 1990s. He won an EFF Pioneer Award in 1997 for his work as a “champion of privacy, human rights and civil liberties on the electronic frontier.” He targeted the impact of computer and telecommunications technologies on freedom and privacy and was an active writer and speaker on associated topics. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: E-mail
Name of publication: BusinessWeek
Title, headline, chapter name: Law and Order in Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=71f9d93b52132f5073cb2cee1327e562&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlzV&_md5=5b1159c25435c99d8815e9809b8dcacd
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