Talk:Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel

message: Can someone find out how she died? DS 16:07, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nexis can't find an obituary. The earliest reference to her death that I can find is in "THE DAY THE NET CHANGED FOREVER, Hartford Courant (Connecticut), June 30, 2002 Sunday," in which the reporter found Canter but mentions Siegel in only an offhand "she died in 2000." I wonder if maybe the reporter got this news from Canter and, if so, is it true? If it were an acrimonious divorce, he might be lying. Uucp 17:56, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked Proquest, but found nothing either. However, I found plenty of stories about the SPAM itself. I then Googled "Martha Siegel died" and came back to the same 2000 date. Should we mark the date as uncertain since no-one can prove she's dead? - Thanks, Hoshie  06:51, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would mark it as uncertain. Uucp 19:32, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  For what it's worth, the Social Security Death Index lists a Martha Siegel, b. 9 April 1943, d. 24 September 2000. That makes her 5 years older than currently listed, so what's the source of her DoB? 216.103.50.52 08:57, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Martha Siegel death info? 

message: It might (?) be worth noting in this article that they initiated a case that turned out to be important precedent in how personal jurisdiction interacts with the internet, Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc. (they lost). --Delirium (talk) 11:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  also involved in an important case on jurisdiction 

message: I cannot see that Canter and Siegel's religion is in any way relevant to this article, especially in the light of the Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates|Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality guidelines. Therefore, I am removing the sentence and reference to their religion. Joan.salkin (talk) 11:31, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 12:56, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious Reference 

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thread_title:  Trouble archiving links on the article 

message: I searched around, and I believe that the quotation there is just a retelling of a retelling of a retelling of this quote:
> "Considering her openly misanthropic attitude toward the net.community, I have to ask Siegel, in closing, why she doesn't just abandon it?
> "No way," she says. "Why would I want to? We made over $100,000 from those postings!"
> No one I talked to takes C&S' claim to making $100,000 from their Green Card spam seriously. But, as one put it, "the IRS might."
It is from this interview, titled "A NET.CONSPIRACY SO IMMENSE... Chatting With Martha Siegel of the Internet's Infamous Canter & Siegel" by K.K.Campbell.
I'm not sure who K.K. Campbell is, but they appear to be the psuedonymous "Zodiac" who founded Marx & Engels Virtual Library: https://www.marxists.org/admin/intro/history/newsgroups/1993-12-28.htm Note the shared email address. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:406:4102:5960:8cc4:3982:5736:f9ab (talk) 19:47, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, usenet postings are not acceptable as sources. I did find an interview of Canter by CNet. I'll adjust the text accordingly.  cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 22:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  $100,000 quotation source