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Anti-Spam Bill Killed In California

Posted by timothy on from the potted-meat-product dept.

Craig Newmark (craigslist) writes "In California, we had a pretty good antispam bill proposed by Sen. Debra Bowen, which was killed yesterday. A pro-spammer bill, backed by the big media sites including Microsoft, passed through committee. Here's a quick round up. We're considering a big feedback campaign, based on conversation with staffers on what works for them, since they want to hear from constituents, as opposed to spam. More to come ..."

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  1. gov't by SKPhoton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I dont think the government is the best way to fight spam. It's a start though.

  2. Yeah, more slashbot FUD by stratjakt · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The bill that passed wasnt a pro-spam bill. It was a different anti-spam bill.

    An anti-spam bill passed, just not that idiotic one that you wanted - you know, the one that would have clogged the legal system with every leech in the universe suing for 500 bucks for every e-mail they recieve.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  3. Crappy Government by AstroDrabb · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Damn our US government sucks. This is so typical. Whenever there is possible legislation that would actually benefit the poeople, there are some dirty lobbiest to hand out money and even dirtier politicians to collect it.

    Will the US government ever wake up? Will the politicians stop their corruption? What steps do we need to take to restore our deomocracy so that it is not run by big corporate America and all their paid for votes from their paid for politicians?

    I think We the People need to think about using our constitutional rights to use force and bear arms against the government to restructure it to a functioning body again. OK, who is with me?

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    If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
    it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
  4. Smokers are at the root of the SPAM problem... by QuietYou · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Quote from fark.com:

    "Just finished deleting another dose of SPAM from my inbox - enlarge this, reduce that, free diploma, fix credit, blahblahblah... ad nauseum. I realize that SPAM (as well as telemarketing calls and junk mail) is such an epedimic because it actually works. Someone, somewhere, must be making money off it. I often wonder what type of person buys into the spammers spiel. My guess is that it is the same people that bought into the tobacco company's spiel. I mean, if you can sell someone a CARCINOGEN!, surely you can sell them anything. Sending penis cream SPAM to a smoker must be like money in the bank.

    So, the next time you get fed up with the amount of SPAM in you inbox, march down to the nearest designated smoking area and kick a smoker in the nuts. You'll feel much better, because, truly, smokers are to blame for SPAM."