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

You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam (...)?

[JoaoPinheiro]

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Re:Lets me be the first to say

[Anonymous Coward]

SPAM = Spiced pork and ham , its a nice mix of difrent pig bits with some added spice to make it extra nice . It was a big hit during the war and the time after.
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Re:Lets me be the first to say

[Anonymous Coward]

If by "extra nice" you mean "shitty", then yes, I concur.

Libertarians = Closet Republicans

[Anonymous Coward]

Who gives a flying fuck what the handful of naive morons think?