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Opt-Out Marketing Spreads

Increasingly, merchants are using opt-out marketing techniques to sell products. Opt-out marketing shifts the burden of stopping service and charges to the consumer.

Rite of Refusal: 'Opt-Out' Marketing Forces Consumers to Speak Up or Be Charged , Washington Post, May 6, 2001.