Oct 24, 2003
Spam Bill
By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 12:01 AM
What do you think? Today, the possibility of having a federal law enacted on spam became a lot more likely — is this a good thing? A bad thing? Something in between? I kind of have mixed feelings. It's good to crack down on spam, but at the same time, the government often creates a regulatory mess when it tries stuff like this…
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RE: Spam Bill
think it’s silly. No law should be enacted that we do not have the ability to enforce. Washington state already has a very similar law. But, the State Attorney’s office does nothing because the cost of prosecution divided by the conviction rate is higher than the fines they will actually receive.
RE: Spam Bill
This will be great it will keep me from having to deleate 70-200 junk emails a day.
RE: Spam Bill
I think of it as a bitter sweet pleasure. It’s a political win without any real digital returns for awhile I suspect. Mostly a good way for a bunch of politicians to get re-elected. I’m not sure the government should even put their hands into this anyway.
RE: Spam Bill
Good News! The government is DOING SOMETHING about SPAM! Bad News! The GOVERNMENT is doing something about spam!
I agree it’s likely to be unenforceable, and will do us about as much good as the raise the Senate just gave themselves.