{"id":3818,"date":"2010-08-18T08:24:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T12:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2017-01-24T13:36:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T18:36:25","slug":"harming-electronic-commerce-efficiencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3818","title":{"rendered":"Harming electronic commerce efficiencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why would we censor electronic communications that are completely legal in paper form?<\/p>\n

This question continues to trouble me.<\/p>\n

I received mail at my cottage last week – advertising that was addressed to me. I don’t have a mail box. All of my utility bills, tax notices etc. are sent to my home. But the post office delivered the mail to my neighbour who handed the junk mail to me.<\/p>\n

So, some company bought a mailing list and sent me an addressed letter advertising specials that I might be interested in. Sure, it is junk mail. But there is nothing fraudulent about it. The advertiser is a real company. I didn’t ask to be on their mailing list, but I opened the letter and even thought about whether I might be interested in their product.<\/p>\n

The direct mail piece was completely legal.<\/p>\n

But if Canada’s Electronic Commerce Protection Act<\/a> [an Orwellian named bill<\/a>] gets re-introduced and passed, I find it bizarre that we will have a\u00a0class of otherwise legal communications forbidden – censored –\u00a0just because it is\u00a0in electronic form.<\/p>\n

It isn’t spam: this isn’t a case of mail that is trying to hide the identity of the sender; or, trying to sell illegal goods; or, misrepresent the product. All electronic communications that aren’t specifically requested will be banned. So much for encouraging businesses to lower their costs through an electronic equivalent of direct mail.<\/p>\n

We have so many people who argue that we should not censor electronic communications that are illegal in paper form. Where do they stand on the issue of bannishing electronic transmission of legal communications?<\/p>\n

I continue to wonder how\u00a0this provision of the\u00a0Electronic Commerce Protection Act is really going to encourage electronic commerce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why would we censor electronic communications that are completely legal in paper form? This question continues to trouble me. I received mail at my cottage last week – advertising that was addressed to me. I don’t have a mail box. All of my utility bills, tax notices etc. are sent to my home. But the …<\/p>\n

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