Comments on: Give Up Your Privacy http://2006.dogtime.org/2007/04/09/give-up-your-privacy/ Interaction Design / Instabiele Media Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Michiel http://2006.dogtime.org/2007/04/09/give-up-your-privacy/#comment-211 Michiel Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:38:38 +0000 http://2006.dogtime.org/2007/04/09/give-up-your-privacy/#comment-211 A group of Polish poets, who like to call themselves "Grupa Mlodych Artystow i Literatow", or GMAIL, to make it short, was sued by an Internet behemoth, because they use gmail.pl as their address for online meetings. The corporation uses Gmail as the name of a mail service, <b>who takes your privacy in exchange of great features</b>. But poets were too proud to give their name and their online identity. "We bought the name legally, with our own money. Nobody gave it to us for free. We refuse to be deprived of what we consider is our property," Izabela Krawczyk said to AFP. The Polish poets bought gmail.pl at the sunset of last year. They were surprised to see it was available and they felt lucky. A group of Polish poets,
who like to call themselves
“Grupa Mlodych Artystow i Literatow”,
or GMAIL, to make it short,
was sued by an Internet behemoth,
because they use gmail.pl
as their address for online meetings.

The corporation uses Gmail
as the name of a mail service,
who takes your privacy
in exchange of great features.
But poets were too proud
to give their name
and their online identity.

“We bought the name legally,
with our own money.
Nobody gave it to us for free.
We refuse to be deprived
of what we consider
is our property,”
Izabela Krawczyk said to AFP.

The Polish poets bought gmail.pl
at the sunset of last year.
They were surprised to see
it was available
and they felt lucky.

]]> By: Michiel http://2006.dogtime.org/2007/04/09/give-up-your-privacy/#comment-137 Michiel Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:21:12 +0000 http://2006.dogtime.org/2007/04/09/give-up-your-privacy/#comment-137 ok dan! ok dan!

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