Posted on 01/14/2006 11:36:08 AM PST by John Robertson
"You are bidding on the exclusive license to send this letter to any or all of the contacts in any or all of your email address books, any number of times. This license is unlimited, and also includes all rights in all markets and media. Copyright will be transferred to the successful bidder.
"As we all know, if you forward any “pass along” email to people in your address book, then they pass it on to people in theirs, within 36 hours it reaches everyone in the world. Then it starts over. Most people are terminally sick of this trash email, but they never deal with it—they’re waiting for someone else to step up. Why not you?
"Why don’t you lead the revolution? We’re at a tipping point: It will happen. It needs a catalyst—someone heroic enough to stand up and shout, Enough junk email! This is my life, and I’m sick and outraged at using up pieces of it to process this garbage (even hitting Delete feels like an intrusion at this point)! Or words to that effect.
"Most of your recipients (and their recipients, and their…) agree with these sentiments. They will speak of you in awe and admiration the world over (of course, for that to happen your letter must be translated into many languages; while your winning bid secures all-languages rights, even French, translation from the English original is your responsibility). Your name will be in the subject line of this soon-to-be-famous email:"
(Excerpt) Read more at cgi.ebay.com ...
Y'know, that was a nice 2-minute diversion. Now I can go back to the obsessive fantasies I've been running in my head about all the various ways the Steelers can beat Indy tomorrow.
Okay, this is spooky. I was going back and forth between FR and eBay checking out auctions, and I saw your post.
Please don't include any ideas about taking out Manning early in the game!
There are email mail services that send form letters to millions of opt-in subscribers for minimal fees. Those types of letters are not spam. Just think about it: For only $ 30 a month you could be famous. LOL, LOL, LOL !
One man's trash is another man's treasure. Or in this case, the other way around:
One man's treasure is 99.9% of the time everyone else's trash.
Ban junk e-mail!!
"There are email mail services that send form letters to millions of opt-in subscribers for minimal fees. Those types of letters are not spam. Just think about it: For only $ 30 a month you could be famous. LOL, LOL, LOL !"
Yeah, I know, I got em here, I got em at work. But they don't keep a few cousins and friends from sending me "really touching" stories...or special pictures, etc. This might.
Then again, probably nothing will stop the stuff I want stopped. Which is why I really appreciated this creative, well-written letter they're selling.
"Please don't include any ideas about taking out Manning early in the game!"
No, in mine his car rolls over on the way to the stadium.
Just kidding! In mine, everything the Steelers can do well is working perfectly, and we watch one of the most exciting playoffs we ever saw, no matter who wins.
Talking about the stuff so-called friends send me all the time. Spam filters don't stop idiotic time-wasters from reaching me.
Just copy the letter and send it out to millions. No need to buy anything. The letter is not protected by copyright. You published it into the public domain and made it fair game by posting it on FR. Anybody can state their personal opinions on the web unless they are defamatory, otherwise illegal or incite others to violence.
I am looking forward to a great game as well, may the best team win!
I don't get junk email. But I've now won 38 European lotteries so far this year -- I'm pretty lucky!
"Just copy the letter and send it out to millions. No need to buy anything. The letter is not protected by copyright. You published it into the public domain and made it fair game by posting it on FR. Anybody can state their personal opinions on the web unless they are defamatory, otherwise illegal or incite others to violence."
Uh...did you READ it? It actually IS protected by copyright--it says so right on the listing.
I did not "publish" it into "the public domain" by posting it on FR--not even close. I actually OBEYED the copyright law by using only a small portion of the item--"Fair Use."
By your thinking, every copyrighted story or picture that a Freeper posts here...automaticaly loses its copyright because of the posting? You may use this, in your reply--and it is uncopyrighted, so please take it and send it out to millions:
"I just spouted off on something I really don't know very much about, and I was also completely wrong in what I said. I'm sorry, everybody."
See my # 13.
See my # 13.
Enlighten me. Seriously.
I'm not following you.
And if I've misinterpreted or missed something you've said, you'll get a Texas-sized apology from me, including for the Texas-sized whacking I gave you above.
Thanks.
"Okay, this is spooky. I was going back and forth between FR and eBay checking out auctions, and I saw your post."
I am fairly certain that FreeRepublic is the default site most Freepers toggle back to whenever they have to go to another site, no matter what it is--ebay to FR, Yahoo to FR, Google to FR, etc.
I am more than fairly certain, actually. Good call.
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