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The difference is, your inbox is yours. Those walls belong to someone, and if they want to turn a profit renting the space to advertisers, that's their business
by stavrianos 17y ago
The difference is, your inbox is yours. Those walls belong to someone, and if they want to turn a profit renting the space to advertisers, that's their business and no-one else's.
edit: Questions of legality aside, I mean.
- Retric 17y ago"NPA Outdoor operates over 500 street level billboards in NYC ranging in size from approximately 4’x4’ to 50’x12’ all of which are said to be illegal." If you are making money by breaking the law and annoying people then I have far less sympathy for them than if their legal private property where damaged. IMO, It falls under the category of destroying illegal campaign advertising on public land.
- space_cowboy 17y agoAre you a cop or a judge?
- Retric 17y agoNo, but I might end up on the jury of your peers.
- ivankirigin 17y agoTechnically, my inbox is owned by Google. I just look at it a lot. Kinda like billboards. Again, the original postings weren't allowed (like spam to my inbox). There are some who argue that billboards are like noise pollution, but with your visual instead of auditory space. I think that is partially correct, and so I don't mind this kind of corrective action. Note that this kind of of public art display is exactly what makes NYC a vibrant place to live and other areas really boring. That kind of vibrancy definitely has economic value.