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

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SMOKE WOOKIE POLE!!!!

  2. SAKU KOIVU, THE CAPTAIN OF MONTREAL CANADIENS! WOO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Finland will be the next hockey champion. Saku Koivun pelaaminen kahden viikon kuluttua alkavissa jääkiekon MM-kotikisoissa on lopullisesti varmistunut. Torstaina tehty kontrollimainen lääkärintarkastus vahvisti, että Koivua riivannut imusolmukesyöpä on kukistettu täysin. Lääkärintarkastuksen "negatiivisuus" poisti viimeisenkin esteen Koivun pelaamiselta MM-kisoissa. Koivu liittyy MM-leiriryhmään ensi tiistaina Vierumäellä. Koivun tulon vahvistuminen oli loistava tieto paitsi A-maajoukkueelle, myös miljoonille kiekkofaneille. Se nosti Suomen maailmanmestaruustoiveita ja -edellytyksiä taas yhden pykälän lähemmäksi. Innoissaan oli myös A-maajoukkueen päävalmentaja Hannu Aravirta. - Ei voi muuta sanoa kuin että upea juttu. Saku on Suomen johtava sentteri, ja nyt mies on kunnossa, samoin vakuutus. Onhan se aina bonusta, kun saadaan parhaat miehet mukaan.

  3. TPS WILL BE THE NEXT HOCKEY CHAMP IN FINLAND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TPS TURKU will be the next hockey champ in Finland Hockey Elite League.

  4. Willing to burn karma for an explanation by unfortunateson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok, when I posted the same info from a Yahoo article several days ago, this was rejected, but now it's news?

    I even mentioned the fact that all it's asking for is legit reply addresses and obeying remove requests (of course if the reply address is bogus, you can't ask to be removed, and the attorneys general have a harder time suing anyway...).

    Can anyone explain what makes this reference by Timmy to a CNN story migut be more respected than mine to the Yahoo story?

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  5. Re:Offshore? by thadeusPawlickiROX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, what if spammers go to SOVIET RUSSIA? In SOVIET RUSSIA, you spam the spammers!!

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