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Fighting Spam - Using the DMCA for Good?

Posted by Cliff on from the smacking-your-friendly-neighborhood-spammer dept.

Tesseract asks: "Since I run my own mail server, and have several processes in place to stop spam from hitting my mailbox, could it not be construed as a violation of the DMCA for spammers to 'bypass' my anti-spam protections? On a similar note, wouldn't retention of my copyrighted information (email address) be a violation of copyright law? It would seem that [parts of section 1201 might cover such situations]. How about this reference, as well? Isn't there some way to turn this legal nightmare back on itself kung-fu style?"

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  1. The DMCA is like the One Ring by Levine · · Score: 2, Funny

    We musn't let it tempt us with its power. It bends its bearer to its will, and cannot be used as a weapon to fight darker forces.

    CAST IT INTO THE FIRE