[PLUG] spam legislation in the mill
Bill Thoen
bthoen at gisnet.com
Thu Nov 14 19:03:40 UTC 2002
Bill Spears wrote:
>
> Why not make it legal to attack the offender's systems? Or we could use the
> technique of England against Spain and commision privateers who would have
> the right to retaliate against the systems of spammers.
>
Here's a description and some real examples of "Letters of
Marque" for an enterprising cyber-privateer:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/5213/marque.htm
Maybe if we all chip in we can offer a bag of gold to whoever can
engage Korea, Inc. and blow it to boxwood. ;-) Seems to me that
direct action is about all that will make spammers sit up and
take notice. I doubt the govt can make a law against spamming
that will hurt the spammers more than it will hurt the rest of
us.
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- Bill Thoen
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