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Originally posted by elvey
Note the AEA link in the post above to their *ALERT* newsletter warning memebers that action was needed to defeat the bill! What scum!
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They're all spammers. It's just that they try to argue that they are the more ethical "email marketers".
The newspaper article above covered it quite well stating:
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But senators said most consumers don't want the e-mail, and argued it costs businesses billions of dollars in computer costs to receive it.
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and that's the bottom line and the only thing that matters here.
The DMA is also lobbying hard against both the state and federal Do-Not-Call list. The fact is, 85%+ people don't want these calls (or these emails). But the DMA argues that even though they don't want them, some still listen and some still read them, and everyone would simply opt out hurting the telemarketing business.
Personally, I don't think lack of either email marketing or telemarketing will hurt the economy one bit. People will simply spend their disposable income elsewhere. And the minimum wage jobs where people are exploited cold-calling, they can find something else, and probably find something better to do.