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Congress Sends Anti-Spam Bill To White House

Posted by timothy on from the hope-springs-eternal-like-a-slinkie dept.

sunbird writes "At just after 5 o'clock EST, the House concurred to the Senate's amendments to the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (or "CAN-SPAM") (bill in PDF format: here or here). Although the bill will prohibit certain tactics (such as hiding return addresses), critics state that the bill does not go far enough (see this press release). The bill will provide criminal penalties for violations of its provisions (up to five years behind bars), but will not allow private parties to sue spammers. News reports indicate (SF Gate or Forbes) that Bush intends to sign the bill. Prior Slashdot articles are here: 1 2 3."

6 of 287 comments (clear)

  1. FPspam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FPspam
    bb

  2. Earlest Fr0st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm going to go poo poo now!

  3. MY PENIS IS BECOMING STIFF, WARM, AND TINGLY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm not sure why after looking at that pic, but it is. What do you suggest I do about this situation?

  4. mmmmm, spam! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nagle@animats.com

  5. Re:Your Bowels Cleansed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But have you ever seen someone who was forced to endure a colonectomy? Someone who now will be spending the rest of their life carrying a bag around?

    Actually, that would be pretty cool. Imagine you see someone you don't like. Just squeeze the contents of your colostomy bag all over him.

    Now THAT'S getting even.

  6. Re:Comparing Hitler to Ashcroft by BTWR · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And allowed to kill Iranians with poison gas?(with sat data no less)

    Proof? (and please quote CNN, BBC, New York Times, etc - not some anti-bush organization). I'm not trolling you here. Just seems a little far fetched.