AOL to block nonprofit email Please forward...This is serious

February 8, 2006

S

Tue, 7 Feb 2006 20:18:04 -0800

Now is the time for AOL users to thank their ISP for the advance

notice so that they can begin looking for a provider that doesn't

censor their mail.

Please note, to get on those lists, you have to opt in. That is, you

are requesting information from them. AOL is already charging you for

the internet access, now they want to charge people to send you mail.

If AOL was to charge all the Spammers that they support, on the other

hand, even GW couldn't spend all the money AOL would rake in.

Scott

Even if you don't have AOL, please tell them how unfair this is...This

could be the beginning of them all doing this

Civic and political organizing online is under attack by America

Online. We need to fight back quickly.

MoveOn has prepared an online petition to fight this move. It's at:

The issue: Online political groups, issue groups, charities, and other

non-profits who have large memberships will essentially be priced out

of the Internet.

How? AOL just announced plans to charge groups with large membership

lists every time they send an email, charging what the New York Times

calls the " electronic equivalent of a postage stamp " for EACH

RECIPIENT'S ADDRESS every time an email is sent.

The only way for groups to be sure members receive their emails would

be to pay. If they don't pay, your emails could go into a black hole -

or be " stripped of images and Web links. " If AOL succeeds, other

companies will follow - so we need to fight back today.

Silence is assent. Time is short. The radical corporate right is on

the march. Whether or not you're an AOL user, please sign the petition

NOW.

Thanks.

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