License to Spam

AOL has a good spam filter. Most of the spam that gets spewed out, is trashed automatically by the spam filter. Now, AOL and other mail service providers get a new idea to make more money at the espense of their subscribers. To sell spamming licenses.

If you are a spammer and you're concerned about the low number of mails that are making it to real inboxes, and can spare some money to ensure more hits, here's a way out. Pay AOL and they will guarantee that your mail gets to the inbox of their subscribers. Sooner or later, you'll have to live with the "licensed" spam, or you'll have to deal with the head-ache of designing your own spam filters.

1. Instead of cribbing, let me give a better idea.
2. The spam filters will still be there, trashing the regular spam.
3. There will be a set of "spammers" allowed, who can buy licenses at a premium after providing enough justification on how their spam improves the world. When providing license, they should be classified into a certain group - sex, health, financial help, shopping etc.
4. The subsrcibers should have an option to choose to get mails from a classified set of spammers in one of the topics above. For receiving spam, the subscribers should get paid a small part of the royalty that the service providers earn for delivering spam.

This way

• The spammers are happy their spam is reaching their destination.
• The serivice provider is happy earning more revenues from the spammers
• The subscribers are happy as they get spam that interests them, and also earn money for inviting spam.

What say?