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FTC Adopts New Rule For Sexually Explicit Spam

Posted by michael on from the not-suitable-for-younger-viewers dept.

enforcer999 writes "As you know, the CAN SPAM ACT preempted many state laws that were tougher on spammers. For instance, many of the laws that were enacted by states included a requirement that sexually explicit SPAM be labeled as such. The FTC, in charge of adopting rules, came up with a new rule that will require sexually explicit SPAM to be labeled as such. Hmm? I think the states were already trying to do this before the Federal government preempted them. Anyway, I wonder if it will work?"

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  1. Place your right hand... by akaina · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... on this issue of Playboy. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you Hef?

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  2. Finally by MrWim · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll be able to get the computer to select the spam I want to see from the spam I don't

  3. And in further news... by heironymouscoward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The International Federation of Spammers and Spyware Merchants announced that they planned to fully cooperate with all US federal regulations covering the transmission of unsolicited messages by email.

    IFSS president Biggus R. Dickus said, "we are a responsible, family-oriented group of businessmen. Anyone who says otherwise can come and complain personally."

    The FCC announced itself "very pleased" with the comments from the IFSS.

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    1. Re:And in further news... by prash_n_rao · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think they yould prefer it if you e-mail your complaints to them. This is for your own convenience... no more waiting in long queues to complain: just drop an e-mail.

      They also encourage mass petitions by e-mail. You write a small e-mail with the complaints, forward it to your friends with a cc to IFSS (or even just your favoirite spammer), ask your friends to do the same.

      The more people you forward to, the faster IFSS will respond.

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  4. Re:It needs to be a standard label for filters by Jason+Straight · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come to think of it - I'd be happy if they passed a law that said they aren't allow to misspell :)

  5. Re:What defines sexually explicit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That depends if "harass" is one word or two.

  6. standard /. answer, for your enjoyment by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyway, I wonder if it will work?

    No way! No law or regulation ever works, nor any solution that doesn't involve Perl.

    And you can trust my /. certified predictions - as you know, we've had 15 more 9/11 incidents, and no terrorist has ever been caught, because they all use PGP, and are impossible to monitor or stop ;)

  7. Hopefully by X-Nc · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's become so difficult to find the porn spam burried under all the rest. If this gets done it'll really help me in finding the only spam worth reading.

    (Yes, I'm being faces... fecaci... feseecious... ah hell, you know what I mean)

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  8. Re:It needs to be a standard label for filters by dipipanone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well that would've been a better idea. Just force spammers via the law to label all their spam in the subject line with a common word like "[UBE]" or "[ADULT]".

    I've got a better idea yet. Force all the spammers to label all their spam [SPAM] and we're all set.

  9. They already do... by oberondarksoul · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's just most of the porn spam is labelled as 'P.()R_|\|' or the like...

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  10. [SPAM] cooperation, can't be that hard. by Allen+Zadr · · Score: 4, Funny
    Absolutely! Really it'll work. All we need to do is get all of these legitimate electronic marketing firms to cooperate with this plan.

    Since they are legitimate electronic marketing firms, they will have no problem cooperating.

    Anybody know the postal address of any of these legitimate electronic marketing firms so we can ask them nicely to cooperate?

    ...What do you mean you can't figure out what legitimate electronic marketing firm sent you that E-mail? Yeah, the one with the subject line of, "Bset P@R!N0 sevirice axldirlx". Yeah, just look at the header. Do a lookup for the IP address in the received line... See, it resolves to 'ftc.gov' - funny I didn't know the FTC was in the Email marketing business, Hmph - we'll just ask them to label their Emails...
    Problem solved

    What are you saying. Of course the FTC sent it, the E-mail headers wouldn't lie. That's been illegal since January 1, 2004. Surely, you don't expect me to believe that these legitimate electronic marketing firms are breaking the law!

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  11. Oh, thank god by kneecarrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    They need to do something. My penis is getting so long I can hardly walk.

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  12. Re:It needs to be a standard label for filters by smithmc · · Score: 4, Funny


    I agree 100%. This would make it much easier to skip over all those annoying emails from friends and jump straight to the pr0n.

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  13. Re:It needs to be a standard label for filters by Bluesman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Except the ACLU will take the law to the Supreme Court since it's discriminating against people who can't spell.

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