E-mail addresses are easy to identify, and electronic advertising requires minimal overhead … “This is one of the first signs that lawyers and sheriffs are coming to town.”
Predictor: Baker, Stewart
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: ”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 … That’s why some legal experts say ReplyNet’s offensive is so important. ‘This is one of the first signs that lawyers and sheriffs are coming to town,’ says Brogan’s counsel, Stewart Baker.”
Biography:Stewart Baker was described by The Washington Post (Nov. 20, 1995) as “one of the most techno-literate lawyers around.” Baker’s Washington, D.C., practice covered issues relating to digital commerce, electronic surveillance, encryption, privacy, national security and export controls. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
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: Partial 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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