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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Murkowski anti-spam bill could be a problem for ISPs
The real problem here is one of Internet competency(as usual). This is a case of politicians trying to legislate something they don't fully understand, unfortunately this happens all the time (Thank you, Mr. Exon). At this point we (being system/routing administrators) need to take time out of our already full schedules to help these "people in power" understand all of the interdependencies inherent to the processes used to complete any mail transaction on the Internet. Nobody needs to be told that legislating something they don't understand will result in bad, unclear and quasi-interpretive laws. Correct me if I'm wrong but the Internet, specifically the client interaction, is built to allow the client to be in control of the information they receive?? The realization that comes to mind is; Doesn't the responsibility of information consumption rely more squarely on the shoulders of one who can more immediately affect what he or her sees and not on the provider of the information? Attacking from a different point.... Hasn't the United Stated Government overcome it's ego and realized that trying to legislate a global entity is futile?? But then again, I'm not a politician....or a lobbyist for that matter... John McCann Router Flunkie GST Internet [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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