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BzzOff

Thank you Creative Commons, for reversing your decision to allow BzzAgent to conduct a pro bono buzz campaign. Fortunately, we weren't the only folks creeped out by the unapologetic pod-person-like BzzAgents who promote products to their unwitting friends. Creepiness aside, the campaign for Creative Commons struck us as more insidious than, say, a campaign for Al Fresco sausage.

While we won't presume to doubt that Dave Balter, BzzAgent's founder, is a fan of Creative Commons, we also do not doubt that he is a businessman. Chances are, he is hoping to Bzz-market ideas along with consumer goods. Whatever one thinks of political discourse in this country, at least our barroom squawking has the merit of being generated by true believers. We'd hate to see BzzAgent turn to politics, but we suspect it is part of the business plan.

We prefer our paid-for campaigning public, thanks.