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Will Bounties Cure The Spam Problem?

Posted by timothy on from the hang-'em-high dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a pointer to a piece in today's Mercury News about Lawrence Lessig's proposed spam-bounty legislation, excerpting: "If the law passes, citizens could be eligible for rewards of thousands of dollars or more if they're the first to provide the government with proof and the identity of offending spammers."

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  1. I'm skeptical.... by mark-t · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The same plan could be used to find people who illegally copy music or who pirate software, but that isn't going to happen anytime soon, is it?

    Nope... this is a waste of time for them to even be talking about.

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    File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
  2. $100 bounty offer by Animats · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I repeat my bounty offer:

    I will pay $100 to the first person to provide me with the identity of the actual person or persons operating the following spamvertised sites:

    • contipay.com
    • profitabill.com
    • alphabill.com
    • quantumbill.com
    • girlswhocry.com
    • girlswhocry.net
    • girlraped.com
    • incestuals.com
    • hardgiants.info
    • spywiper.com
    • internetsweeper.net

    The name and address obtained must be within the United States and must be usable for service of process.

    "whois" addresses have been checked and are not useful.

    These sites move from ISP to ISP frequently. Many no longer work, but others in the same family appear.

    We've received over 16,000 spam bounces because of this spammer.