Microsoft Fights to Weaken Washington Anti-Spam Law

An anonymous reader writes "According to the Seattle Times, Microsoft (probably their MSN arm) is pushing for a change in at least Washington's anti-spam law. Some analysts claim that the changes contain holes that will allow Microsoft to be exempt from the law." Odd that Microsoft is simultaneously trying to stop spam sent to Hotmail users, and to make sure that it can send unsolicited commercial email without penalties.

Comments

Odd?

[Quasar1999]

I don't think it's odd that microsoft is fighting spam, and at the same time sending it... come on... think about it...

1. We advertise MSN/Hotmail as anti-spam...
2. We spam the living snot out of every other ISP on the planet
3. We put neat little check boxes on our web based email pages that say "ULTIMATE ANTI_SPAM FILTER" and the like
4. Everyone switches to MSN/Hotmail
5. Profit.

So you see Microsoft has it all planned out...

QED... :P

Re:odd?

[handsomepete]

"Microsoft Brand Penis enlargers anyone?"

Ah, this time the bloat would be a good thing.

Re:odd?

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft Brand Penis enlargers

Perhaps not the best brand name for that type of product.

Re:Why? (EXAMPLE!)

[$$$$$exyGal]

Taken from snopes.com ;-):

Hello everybody, My name is Bill Gates. I have just written up an e-mail tracing program that traces everyone to whom this message is forwarded to. I am experimenting with this and I need your help. Forward this to everyone you know and if it reaches 1000 people everyone on the list will receive $1000 at my expense. Enjoy.

Your friend,
Bill Gates

sex