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Tweaking the CAN-SPAM Act
rbochan writes "The Register is reporting that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is consulting on proposed changes to the CAN-SPAM Act. Changes would include clarifying the definitions of the terms person and sender, and altering the time allowed for a sender to to honor an opt-out request. The FTC proposal is available as a PDF on the official FTC site." From the article: "Critics have accused the Act of being narrow and weak, accusations that may be hard to deny given that the US sends more spam than any other, according to a recent report by anti-virus firm Sophos."
The Government doesn't know how to solve problems, all they know how to do is create legislation using their limited understanding of the problem. "Spam is bad, therefore we should make it illegal!" Nice job, congress, CAN-SPAM has been around for how long now? anyone notice a difference? Gmail does more to can my spam than any government ass could do anyday.
Wouldn't it be funny if there was a SPAM lobby that was paying fat sacks of cash money to sentaors and congressmen to "inform" them as to the benefits of SPAM? 'if we don't spam peoeple, we will be a country of small penis-ed, non-working-at-home, erectile dysfunctioned, people WITHOUT FREE IPODS!'
and the man on the tape said that they'd suffocate, if the sharks would stop swimming in circles.
Q. What do the libertarian-minded say about CAN-SPAM?
A. The government should not be spending my money protecting me from the internet! I can do that myself. The free market provides spam filters if I feel that I need them. But, I don't trust the folks that make those, so I don't use them. I read every piece of mail and analyze it in case its from Liberals trying to get onto my computer. Not only that, but have you seen those guys working on the phone lines? They look suspicious as hell, too. I bet they're tapping my line. I need to go out and check the voltage on my fence.
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