Re: [Patents] Spamcop tax on NGOs

[Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>]

> And I disagree that spamcop is the evil entity here. Their blacklist is
> simply an opinion they publish, and everyone can decide for himself
> whether to follow it or not (just like with any other blacklist). I
> understand it's very annoying if you send out (legitimate or not) mass
> mailings, but we don't live in an ideal world and everyone has his own
> way to protect against spammers (with more or less collateral damage
> depending on your acceptable threshold).

I haven't seen anyone pointing out the "spamcop tax on NGOs" effect. It
doesn't mean that Spamcop is evil, but in deciding for themselves whether
to use the blacklist, people should know about the tax that it imposes in 
its current state.