Pair's Aol Disc Protest Gathers Momentum


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Pair's AOL disc protest gathers momentum

A protest against America Online's promotional CDs is gathering international support.

Californians Jim McKenna and John Lieberman say they now have more than 80,000 and collection points in France, Germany, Australia and the UK.

Their ultimate aim is to return a million of them to AOL's corporate headquarters in Virginia in a dump-truck.

They insist they have nothing against the company except they are fed up with receiving unwanted discs in the post.

The pair began by requesting the CDs through a website devoted to complaining about the discs.

It features a gallery of top donors and suggests create alternative uses for the CDs, for example as pet toys or unconventional wall coverings.

AOL has responded by offering to help.

Spokesman Nicholas Graham said the company would be happy to help them reach their target and is looking forward to greeting them at the door.

However he insisted promotional CDs are the best way to reach potential customers, and added that overall, people have responded well to the discs.

He wouldn't say how many discs AOL distributes each year but noted anyone can return unwanted discs for the company to recycle.

Source: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_707110.html

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hmmm.... great issue to takle, politicians, when our economy is in the dumps and we are fighting a huge war.

I'm glad they have their priorities straight!

I dont give a s*** if i get a job, as long as those aol cds don't bother me any more. :blink:

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This is kinda old news, heard about this months ago.

I just wanna know the day they will finally dump them :happy:

Putting them all in one giant microwave for 1-2 seconds would prove wonders.. and your own home fireworks show (please do not try at home kids, you could blow up your microwave or become injured from this...)

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