I certainly doubt that this forms any "pro-spam" regulation.
UCE is a form of advertising that is not legal in Germany, which is part of the EU.
Maybe I am getting the details wrong: Basically, if my competitor uses UCE for advertising, I can have my lawyer send him a letter asking to stop it, to send back a written statement that they will stop using UCE and are happy to pay me cash if they do it again.
Of course, THEY have to pay my lawyer.
Apart from this, there is a law regulating the processing of person-related data. Most of the time, they pretty much must have violated that to get your email address. (The law does not apply to persons doing this for private reasons)
So, you can still send spam if you are doing it for private reasons. ("REPENT NOW!" or somesuch)
But then, this will constitute a violation of the policy of your online provider - off you go.
I have received spam from german companies exactly twice. Both had their account revoked at once, and had to pay the cost of the sysadmins to do the cleanup. (Actually, they had to pay the time the sysadmin needed to revoke their account, too.) Both were not done via bulk-mailing software, but were commited by newbie users who did not know better.
I have never received spam from other countries within the EU - it's only you US folks who can't get your companies to behave:-)
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Of course, I'd be prepared to fight that poster
:-])
in a duel of Quake II to defend the ladys honour.
If only he'd given his name...
Of course, that would be more knightly than geeky, and perhaps the lady would take more
satisfaction out of it if she'd frag him herself.
(Repeatedly. With a blaster. From behind. With
eyes shut and one hand bound to the back
But still, the offer stands. (En garde!)
> She's not hot
:-])
1) You are in no position to tell that.
2) You're wrong, she is. (They all are, except
mom
> Don't you hate it when you see a girl from
> behind and you think she's beautiful, only to
> have her turn around and reveal that she's
> ugly?
You are calling her ugly? Well that is impolite,
bordering on rudeness.
And that does bother me, because there are not
that many female techies around, so we should
treat them politely. Traitor you are.
-Cic
P.S.: This never happens to me. When they turn
around, they always are in fact beautiful.
Maybe you don't manage to make them smile at you?
I certainly doubt that this forms any
:-)
"pro-spam" regulation.
UCE is a form of advertising that is not legal
in Germany, which is part of the EU.
Maybe I am getting the details wrong:
Basically, if my competitor uses UCE for
advertising, I can have my lawyer send
him a letter asking to stop it, to send back
a written statement that they will stop using UCE
and are happy to pay me cash if they do it again.
Of course, THEY have to pay my lawyer.
Apart from this, there is a law regulating the
processing of person-related data. Most of the
time, they pretty much must have violated that
to get your email address. (The law does not
apply to persons doing this for private reasons)
So, you can still send spam if you are doing
it for private reasons. ("REPENT NOW!" or somesuch)
But then, this will constitute a violation of
the policy of your online provider - off you
go.
I have received spam from german companies
exactly twice. Both had their account revoked
at once, and had to pay the cost of the sysadmins
to do the cleanup. (Actually, they had to pay
the time the sysadmin needed to revoke their
account, too.) Both were not done via bulk-mailing
software, but were commited by newbie users
who did not know better.
I have never received spam from other countries within the EU - it's only you US folks who can't get your companies to behave