The Cost of a common good: putting a price on spam

Cynthia Townley, Mitch Parsell

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    Abstract

    Common goods are notoriously vulnerable to destructive overuse. Indeed, certain online activities, such as spam, can jeopardize the very existence of the Internet. We defend an account of the net as a common good which provides the grounds for assessing various strategies for spam reduction.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)68-75
    Number of pages8
    JournalPhilosophy in the contemporary world
    Volume12
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

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