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November 2003
The law that wouldn't shoot straight: The new CAN SPAM Act ... A new reason to dislike Washington: Ads in the metro ... You work all week for this? Ads in your paycheck

October 2003
Courts make spammers pay up ... PTA Beds the carbonated devil, then burps in our faces ... To call or not to call?

September 2003
Rated "G" for Grotesque: Movies as Ads ... Snapple Puts New York City on the Map

August 2003
Ad defacement as free expression? ... Ads get sneakier and sneakier

July 2003
Getting taken for a ride ... I call, you call, we all call for do-not-call

June 2003
Want fries with that sacrament? ... Graves uses scare tactics to push billboards ... A rotten idea in Quebec – ads on eggs ... National PTA forgets mission, sells access to children ... "Free" cursors inspire curses

May 2003
Two servings of spam news ... Cinema advertising study ignores reality ... Horton hears a ka-ching! ... Keep your eyes on the road: moving billboards ... Massachusetts sells out

April 2003
Where's your head at? Ads on your head ... Habeas nonporkus ... Milk marketing campaign turns sour ... Video displays in taxis "unfare" to passengers ... Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? New York City sells naming rights

March 2003
Article or ad? ... A bill to stop the boards ... Outlawing spam: now is the time

February 2003
Take two ads and don't call me in the morning – ads in hospitals ... Anger and Frustration: the sequel – ads before movies ... States offer a new spam solution ... Now showing: anger and frustration ... Telemarketers sue for the right to bother you

January 2003
Give us a break! – Ads in pool halls ... California schools play "Let's Make a Deal" ... Pepsi shuts the tap on next generation ... Old Navy redefines charity

December 2002
Telemarketers still have your number ... Here I sit broken hearted  0; Ads in bathrooms ... Are you on the (telemarketing) list? ... AOL, spammers duke it out

November 2002
Sweet nothings in your ear ... Microsoft Spreads Its Wings – in Our Face ... Biggs, CA Doesn't "Got Milk" ... How to Stop the Pops ... Milk Board Offers Teat, Invites Suckers

October 2002
Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh . . . Wan Giri? ... Admin Warning: Your system has been infiltrated ... Today's Lesson: Everything has its price ... Cops on the take, legally ... Money: the mother's milk of intrusive advertising ... A house of questionable ideas ... FCC asks for comments on telemarketing – then ducks

September 2002
Parents' bill of rights ... Digital life soon to be as annoying as reality ... Rappin' with advertisers ... Telemarketers finally get it

August 2002
Hey, Baby, what are you selling today? ... Secret admirer – or secret advertiser? ... Clearly, this is unwelcome

July 2002
Chokin' on Coke ... Cinema Sins ... Let's put a hurting on these celebs ... Searching for Mr. Goodhits

June 2002
Hanging up on telemarketing calls ... Musical spam

May 2002
Sounds like a bad idea: flying ad banners with sound ... UK ads drawing ire ... Miss June gets 30 mpg ... Court disconnects spammer ... Ads within ads at Abercrombie & Fitch ... Point, click, buy: ads on mousepads

April 2002
Clueless judge jumbles his fax ... Heel! Fetch! Sell! ... Ads that get under your skin ... Greasy street spam ... Yahoo! More Spam! ... Street spam slowdown

March 2002
Grave co ncerns about advertising ... Great news for students ... Smithsonian sells out again ... Beads for Branding ... B-a-a-a-d advertising ... Bad "news" for students ... Secretary of State spams

February 2002
Corporations biting the Big Apple ... Spam scammers caught ... The time machine ... Ads for seniors ... Video game – or advertising vehicle? ... Google nixes pop-ups ... TRUSTed spammers

January 2002
Aiding and abetting spam ... Hanging up on telemarketers ... All aboard the ad train ... Carrying the (corporate) torch ... Letting the ad out of the bag ... Ads on the slopes

December 2001
More ads for people on the go ... Ads under your feet ... Sales pitch society ... Movie m(ad)ness ... Students for sale ... School gym sells naming rights

November 2001
Brussels says yes to spam ... Ad screens in your face ... trashed ads ... Vote for me and drink more gin! ... Street spam begone

October 2001
Stop – in the name of marketing ... Got ads? ... Save Harry Potter ... National ad slam contest ... Ads in space ... Mousetrappers trapped

September 2001
Ads on your doorstep ... Tragedy = profit for spammers ... Bad ad bugs ... A novel idea? ... The ad virus

August 2001
A wok in the park for advertisers ... Airport ad glut ... Kids need privacy, too ... Stadium still a mile high ... Billboards get in your face ... Take me out to the ad game

July 2001
Ads for your commute ... The Smithsonian sells out ... Drink Up – and enjoy your ads ... School bus shills ... Bad Fortunes – More about ads in fortune cookies ... Search engine results – real or advertising? ... Java jolt ... Not-so-wild postings ... More than junk mail

June 2001
A different kind of spam ... Faster, higher, more annoying: Ads at the Olympics ... Survivor – TV show or advertising medium? ... Unholy ads ... Misfortune cookies ... Law & advertising ... Ads that make a splash: advertising in urinals

May 2001
Do you copy? Ads on copy paper ... Ads on AT&T cable ... IBM's graffiti ad campaign ... This cow brought to you by Mountain Dew

April 2001
Targeted in a taxi ... Ruined anti-spam bill

March 2001
Cell phone spam ... Ads on port-a-potties ... Good news for sports lovers ... Ads at the dry cleaner ... Ads on pay phones

February 2001
Ads in elevators ... Network Solutions sells its database to marketers ... Advertisers peeking at your hard drive ... Corporations rename Boston's subway stations

January 2001
Spam-friendly ISPs ... E-billboards ... Washing your hands of ads

December 2000
Ads on hubcaps ... Coca-Cola at the Library of Congress ... Ads on wings ... Good news

November 2000
A hole-in-one for ads ... Kids = walking ads? ... Would you like pepperoni with that ad? ... Ads for hot hands ... Playing games with ads ... Pepsi High

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Where you draw the line is up to you–but we feel that an ad meeting any one of the following criteria qualifies as intrusive:

1. You can't turn it off. You can close a magazine and turn off the television, but billboards tower overhead night and day.

2. It enters your home without permission. Pardon me, Mr. Telemarketer, may I see your invitation?

3. You're a captive audience. This can be in schools, in movie theaters, at a urinal, or waiting for your receipt at the ATM.

4. It doesn't support anything, or it costs you money. Radio ads support free programming, but you pay, directly or indirectly, for faxed ads and junk e-mail.

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