MS Speaks Out Against New Zealand's Anti Spam Bill

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 22, 2005 @09:54AM from the the-only-good-spam-is-a-dead-spam dept.

out_sp0k1n writes "Ryan Hamlin, head of Microsoft's Technology Care and Safety Group spoke out against New Zealand's proposed anti-spam legislation, warning that it could impinge on 'the amazing vehicle of e-mail marketing'. He also suggests that CAN-SPAM has been effective in deterring spammers. From The Article: 'Though often criticized as too meek, US anti-spam legislation - which relies on people opting out of spam - has proved effective in supporting prosecutions and deterring spammers.' Anyone else think that one message doesn't count as spam?"

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CAN-SPAM effective? by Elias+Ross · 2005-08-22 10:03 · Score: 5, Interesting

Can anybody point to any research (or, frankly pundit or blogger) that has concluded that CAN-SPAM has had any effect at all? So far, it sounds like CAN-SPAM has bene "toothless", made "zero impact", etc.