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CAN-SPAM Is A Bust

Posted by timothy on from the hundreds-per-day-here dept.

Doc Ruby writes "The Congressional chatter about 'canning spam', in the CAN-SPAM law since January, has turned out to really mean 'they can still spam'. TechWeb News reports that 'In July, compliance fell for the first time under one percent to a measly 0.54 percent', from its 3% max. The researchers claim the ball has been dropped by 'law enforcement'. Those police are probably too busy deleting the 80% spam from their email, like everyone else."

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  1. Not enough! by Trillan · · Score: 4, Informative

    We also need a clause that allows us to beat anyone who buys stuff from spam.

    (Note: It's spam, not SPAM. SPAM is a registered trademark of a certain food company that is graciously not suing the ass off of everyone, and asks only that we not capitlize the word.)

  2. Re:If they only.. by Jetson · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, really. Accidents are not caused by driving fast (excepting "too fast for conditions", which is a different issue entirely), but by speed differences. If you are driving slower than the surrounding traffic then you are causing compression and the need for lane-changing behind you, both of which increase the risk of collision. As my driving instructor once said "the measure of a driver's skill is not how few accidents he's been in, but how few he's caused".