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Senator Nelson Pursues Spammers Via RICO Act

Posted by timothy on from the new-tack dept.

JCMay writes "Democrat Bill Nelson of Florida has introduced legislation to the United States Senate that would expand the RICO act to include spammers that forge email addresses and do not provide mechanisms by which recipients can opt-out of future mailings."

4 of 19 comments (clear)

  1. Slashdotted Already by Euphonious+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or is it really a DDOS disguised as a Slashdot news item, designed to punish him for introducing the legislation?

  2. A modest proposal by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    When a spammer forges a _name_ in the "from" line, their name should be legally changed to that name. After a few people's names are changed to "free porn" and "toner discounts" I doubt we'll see very much of that. At the very least, it will give us something to laugh about.

    1. Re:A modest proposal by JCMay · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's the best idea I've heard all day.

      Hey, Free Porn! Did you hear what Toner Discount told me happened to him?
      His girlfriend, Hot Naked Teens, dumped him for somebody else named "Increase Your Penis!"

  3. A real fix by Paddyish · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've always been a fan of having a spammer hunting season, to include spammer hunting licenses and special 'crossbow-and-steak-knife-only' pre-firearm hunting week.