Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

Hi, Terence:  Thanks for the compliment.  We take great pride in
demonstrating that Independent Artists can use the Internet as it was
originally intended, to communicate with a worldwide audience.  As you
mention, my email inbox is filled with SCUM posts, and only rarely with
unsolicited mass emails from nonprofits.  Yet, if the SCUMMERS hadn't
forcefully taken that option away from nonprofits, I wonder what the
world community's tolerance would have been to solicitations for
projects that focus on charitable causes.

SONG STORM is a project of Open Studios, a 501(c)(3) organization that
assists communities to build and operate community-based recording
studios.  The poorest of the poor can indeed, compete with international
corporations on a level playing field.  As you mentioned, "[you] don't
think the average person would initially recognize it [our site] as
one."
Thanks,
Tom Poe
www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ 
and SONG STORM
www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/php/playlist.php 

On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 12:05, Terence McArdle wrote:
> >>I know, as a nonprofit seeking donations
> and support, it would be wonderful, if we could use the Internet for
> what it was designed to do, and send mass emails.  And, I also know
> there are many other nonprofits and events and projects out there, which
> I continue to not know about, simply because the world community doesn't
> know the difference between mass emails with value, exist.  They only
> know what the corporate oligarchy wants them to know, that spam covers
> all mass emails.  A shame, I think.
> Just a thought,
> Tom Poe
> Open Studios
> Reno, NV, USA
> 
> Actually, I hate unsolicited e-mails, phone calls, and junk mail. I give 
> time and money to other people and charities all the time but I don't like 
> being approached over the phone or by spamming. I find it galling that 
> non-profits are exempt from the Do Not Call list phone regulations as I get 
> calls from them all the time. They all hire the same call centers and the 
> call centers don't check one list against the next. Annoying. I'm glad most 
> non-profits don't send out SPAM. And I wish that the regulations about 
> those lying Opt-in marketers that do SPAM had some teeth -- or were 
> enforced. Apparently, the worst thing you can do is click on the reply that 
> claims to take you off the list.
> 
> Furthermore, while Songsweep may qualify as a non-profit, I don't think the 
> average person would initially recognize it as one. (Most people think of 
> charities like the Red Cross, not arts groups.) And if they happen to have 
> no interest in the music, they would probably be turned off by an 
> unsolicited e-mail -- very counterproductive I would think. Targeted lists 
> - say one to blues fans or to those who subscribe to MP3 services - are 
> another story. But even there I would tread carefully. Most people just 
> don't like peddlers -- whether internet, direct mail, telephone, or door to 
> door. (BTW - A lot of people are surprised to find that the local blues 
> societies and various arts groups are non-profits.) When I was a young 'un, 
> I worked in direct marketing and grew to hate it.
> 
> Terence McArdle
> 
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