Yet Another Anti-Spam Bill In U.S. Senate

Posted by timothy on Saturday April 12, 2003 @07:49AM from the they're-against-underwood-too dept.

ackthpt writes "Another bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, according to CNN/Technology, by Sens. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) Yahoo supports it, but DMA and AOL want to polish it a bit more. Version 0.9 beta would require States Attorney Generals to sue spammers on consumers behalf. (So long as I get some moola from these jerks, I'd be happy with that) My wishes are: craft a strong enough bill to stand 1st Amendment challenges and punish violators in the pocketbook enough and a few prosecutions will bring most of the domestic junk to a screeching halt. I tend to daydream about winning the lottery, too. Contact your Senators and Representative with your wishes, maybe this time something will get a move on."

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Re:This is all fine and dandy but... by Chester+K · 2003-04-12 08:34 · Score: 4, Insightful

Spammers annoy us, so we want them restricted.

We want free music, so we're against restrictive controls on digital media.

We're just like any other special interest group, there doesn't need to be any internal consistency in our stands on various issues.

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