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Two New Spam Laws in Japan
An anonymous reader submits: "The Daily Yomiuri, one of the major newpapers in Japan, reports
(in English) that two new laws aimed at spam have just come into effect.
In short, the laws require that spammers honor 'opt-out,' provide a valid return address, indicate
the commercial nature of the message in the title,
and never use randomly generated email addresses.
The laws were pressured into effect by NTT DoCoMo,
who complained that as much as 84% of all email
circulating on its system (i.e., cell phones) is
sent at random."
If they outlaw spam, then they would have to outlaw phone solicitors (phone salesmen), door to door solicitors as well. This was already argued in a US court. The court ruled that people do indeed have to right to go door to door, including Johovah's Witnesses. What's the difference between a salesman calling you on the phone to sell you something and spam? Don't hate me because I'm stupid.