JUNKBUSTERS ^(TM)

Contact: Jeannette Boccini
The Krantz Group, Inc.
(212) 891-7235
(jboccini@krantzgroup.com)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, NY -- December 1, 1997 -- Junkbusters President Jason Catlett will tell delegates at Fall Internet World '97, a five day conference addressing current internet issues, that enforcement of existing laws and civil suits offers a better hope for reducing junk email than any of the four bills proposed in the U.S. House and Senate this year.

``Most spammers are already operating outside the law, so why should a new law be expected to stop them?'' asks Mr. Catlett. ``The Federal Trade Commission have made no secret of their plans to use their existing authority to prosecute spammers for deceptive practices such as fake return addresses and for plainly fraudulent money-making schemes. If Washington wants to send a message to spammers, prosecution and conviction of junk email law breakers will speak louder than new legislation.''

Mr. Catlett will debate the issue of ``Unsolicited Commercial Email'' against ``Spam King'' Sanford Wallace, President of Cyber Promotions Inc., in New York City at the world's largest Internet conference on December 10. Topics to be discussed include the balance between the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression claimed by some spammers. He will also identify and evaluate the technical, economic, social and legislative methods used for containing spam.

In recent months a series of suits against spammers have resulted in several injunctions, sometimes including monetary damages of tens of thousands of dollars. Another trend is the "get-tough" attitude of Internet companies in cutting off spammers' access. Many Internet libertarians who fear government interference on the Net have pointed to these developments as evidence that spam can be contained without legislation. Mr. Catlett summarized this sentiment in a slogan: ``Spam: Better To Can It Than Ban It.''

The 2,000 word text of Mr. Catlett's opening statement will be available at http://www.junkbusters.com/world.html by 8:00 A.M. EST on December 10, 1997, and is embargoed until the debate begins at 4:00 P.M. Printed copies can also be picked up from the Press Center at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center: the Galleria - Level Four, River Pavilion (facing the Hudson River).

Junkbusters's web site (http://www.junkbusters.com) is a leading consumer resource on the control of telemarketing calls, unwanted mail, email, and commercial invasions of privacy. The company's flagship service, Junkbusters Declare (SM), gives consumers a free and easy way to say what they want and don't want from direct marketers, and to tell companies that sell mailing lists not to ``rent'' their names. Its other free, web-based service, Junkbusters Spamoff (SM), has become one of the Internet's most popular ways to deter junk emailers. Its widely-used free privacy-enhancing software, the Internet Junkbuster (TM), blocks unwanted cookies and banner ads.

Junkbusters is a ``virtual corporation'' whose mission is to free the people of the world from junk communications. The Delaware-registered company has an international team of technology and marketing specialists on three continents.