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More Law Coming[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#4)
by Anonymous User on Thu Mar 18, 2004 at 02:31:23 PM PDT

I said it last year - the problem would get worse, this law would help accelerate the process, and the lawmakers, will eventually be forced to "improve a good first attempt" or "deal with additional issues that have now come to light" or use some other face-saving terms, and change the law.

I just hope THIS time they bother to listen to folks that aren't ignorant of the technology and actually want to slow down spam.  AND hopefully don't do it in way that will destroy the rights of regular people.

Well, maybe by the third of fourth attempt they'll come up with something half decent.

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Look at DC[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#14)
by Anonymous User on Wed Mar 24, 2004 at 08:03:22 AM PDT

This CAN-SPAM act is heading down the same path as the "Lets Ban Firearms" is Washington DC. I am not a gun toting fanatic, but look at some of the laws our government has passed and this law should not surprise anyone. Spam will definitely get worse and not much can be done. As with that gun ban in DC, the crimes involving guns is much higher then it was before. Why? Criminals will still buy guns on the black market regardless of the laws. As for spam, the serious offenders will still keep sending spam without regard to the CAN-SPAM laws. Why should they stop? If their clients can not be held liable for the actions of the spammers, then there is no real reason for anyone to stop using them. Obviously conceiling, forging and spoofing headers work. If it didn't, then the spammers would be easy to track down and deal with. I don't know about any of you, but I have not seen a decrease in porn and commercial spam in my inbox since the law went into effect. I have noticed that only a handfull of the commercial spam are starting to include "CAN-SPAM" complient information. 90% of the spam I still receive would be classified illegal by the CAN-SPAM law. Can the CAN-SPAM law work? Not unless the government is willing to spend millions of dollars tracking down the scum and properly dealing with them. How about public executions for the worst offenders (Drawn and Quartered). Maybe that would help deture the spammers.

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