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David Sorkin on Internet Law and Spam

Posted by michael on from the fifty-spams-today-and-counting dept.

KC7GR writes "Cnet has published an interview with David Sorkin, associate professor at the John Marshall Law School. He's answering questions about the current state of cyberlaw, and he also has much to say about why current federal legislation being considered could make the problem of spam worse rather than curbing it."

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  1. Re:Spam police? by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny
    Who's going to enforce them? I will, along with my rag tag team of freedom fighters.

    cue the a-team theme song.

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    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
  2. Simple Solution by Boss,+Pointy+Haired · · Score: 3, Funny

    for unauthorised use of my computing resources.

    SPECIAL OFFER THIS MONTH ON DLL REPLACEMENT

    DLL Replacement $2.00 / month (** NORMALLY $3.00 **)

    Registry Entry in /SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run $5.00 / month*

    Unrequested Email $5.00 / email
    (additional "do you think I was born yesterday" penalty if the email contains the words "This is not spam.")

    Application "Phone Home" Internet Access $0.50 / KB

  3. Re:I've tried many things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    George Bush (jr) has shown the way - preemptive strikes against our enemies! If anyone shows signs of going over to the spammers, well hell, we'll just have to go over there and pound the shit outta 'em!

  4. legilate the need for utilities? by ender-iii · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could law legilate the need for utilities like Spam Interceptor?

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    ender-iii
    1. Re:legilate the need for utilities? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Gee someone spamming a message board promoting their anti-spam product. How ironic - in a really stupid kind of way.