Sending unsolicited commercial messages is illegal in Australia -
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_300029. Whether the cause is good
or not - and I agree that this seems to be a perfectly legitimate project -
is irrelevant.
Hopefully this is not the start of a trend!
On 18 November 2011 15:38, Pat Mailly <> wrote:
> G'day all,
>
> When unsubscribing from Balanagara you're not actually unsubscribing from
> Birding-aus (the bulletin board), you're unsubscribing from a personalised
> mailing list called 'Birding-aus" created by someone at Balanagara Films as
> a way of raising revenue for 'The Message of the Lyrebird'. The person who
> did this simply neeeded to collated an emailing list from those who
> subscribe to birding-aus.
>
> It seems that Balanagara Films, like another commercial company (who have
> sent nearly 500 direct marketing emails to birding-aus), have recognized
> the potential to make money from target marketing (whehter directly to the
> list, or indirectly) birdwatchers who subscribe to Birding-aus.
>
> That being said, Balanagara Films is a genuine project (and they may
> indeed make a good film), however the method of marketing is sneaking and
> commercially orientated. Let's hope they don't resort to bullying anyone
> who objects to there commerical marketing (both online and offline), like
> the other commerical company is doing to those who subscribe to Birding-aus.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat
> Sydney, NSW
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