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."

Comments

why new laws?

[Monoman]

Existing laws should be applicable. Lets see spam at a minimum usually involves

* forgery with the intention to deceive.
* theft of service
* trespassing

Reshape the existing laws to include new technologies.

While we are at it, go after the end benificiary of spam. The ones selling a product or service. I know some will say that it is too easy to set someone up. Is it? In the U.S. one is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Hmm... we should be able to spot a setup.

Heck why laws at all? Most times the parties involved cross multiple boundries/jurisdictions. Laws, in the long run, are not the way to go. The technology needs fixing