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

Cynthia Townley; Mitch Parsell

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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	68-75
Number of pages	8
Journal	Philosophy in the contemporary world
Volume	12
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2005

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

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