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That is fantastic. ----- Original Message ----- From: John S. Quarterman <[email protected]> To: Charles E. Yow, Esq. <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Spam, Law and Reality > >The spam issue is serous no doubt, but unless everyone understands the >implications of attempting to apply U.S. law to please understand some basic >concepts and reality. First the alleged violation has to be according to >the letter of the law that is being applied, exactly by the letter of the >law. Lets be very realistic, do we really want to seek to apply U.S. law to >those outside the U.S? If this is the case then the end result could be the >reverse, perhaps China would seek to apply Chinese law to American ISP's, >network administrators, the end result being Americans who have never been >to China being sentenced to life in prison or to death for posting matters >the Chinese Government considers offensive. The witch hunt I see to address >spamming is illogical and futile. Let me be very blunt, until someone is >willing to take action all this talk about dealing with spammers is nothing >more than saber rattling and is useless. I am an attorney in Massachusetts, >and my experience is people get upset about spam and without exception no >one is willing to follow through, I used to be willing to deal with spammers >pro bono, but having been burned more than enough times by people "getting >over it" that has passed. Talk is cheap. We sued and won, http://www.mids.org/nospam/ but the spammer in question was inside the U.S., and I certainly understand your point of view. John S. Quarterman <[email protected]>
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