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Senate Passes Anti-Spam Bill
Zendar writes "Yahoo! is reporting that the 'U.S. Senate passed the first national anti-spam bill on Wednesday, giving momentum to an issue that has riled consumers almost as much as dinnertime phone calls.' However, the bill, referred to as the 'Can Spam' bill, is unlikely to pass the House and be signed by the President. Senator John McCain sums it up: 'The odds of defeating spam by legislation alone is extremely low, but that does not mean we should stand idly by and do nothing about it.' CNN also has the story."
Passing a law to fix spam is a bad Idea. After they get this passed, then they will pass more laws to outlaw more "bad" things on the internet.
Just let the technology fix its self. Or if they want to help, maybe fund some research on an SMTP alternative.
The measure, approved 97-0, is considered the stiffest of a handful of anti-spam bills floating in Congress.
Doesn't the Senate have 100 members?
What I wanna know is; Who were those three slackers, where the fuck were they, and if they abstained form voting - WHO'S POCKET ARE THEY IN?
We need to find them out, and expose them as SPAM LOVING FACISTS!
Great press!
s'wut i sed.