"Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> writes:
I deleted the original spam, but from my brief glance at it, it may have been more of a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme than a simple pyramid...something about selling mailing list services. And of course MLMs are mostly protected, else Amway, Herbalife, Avon, and all the other such MLMs would not survive.
But I have a more radical view: pyramid schemes should not be illegal.
Surprisingly, I agree with Timmy on this one. MLM's/pyramid schemes fit so well into the general American stupidity and the belief in getting something for nothing.
(And there are ways that cryptography allows "crypto-pyramids," though I doubt many crypto-savvy folks would participate.)
I think the following would be a worthwhile cypherpunks project: design the anonymous infrastructure to allow those who wants to participate in MMF-like pyramid schemes on the Internet to do so without bothering anyone. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps