> From: "John Stracke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... > >In fact if you look at the various forms > >of legislation around the world > > Law has nothing to do with right and wrong. If I can't look at a piece of > spam and determine whether or not it infringes the law, then there is > something wrong with the law.
That may be true in general, but it might be interesting to look at how existing laws might apply to examples of spam. I'm certainly not a lawyer, but I suspect that the unsolicited bulk commercial advertising email or "spam" that Mr. Kenres's organization sent me (and perhaps other contributors to this mailing list) in October, 2001, violates the California and Colorado laws. Of course, even if I'm right about that, the Hong Kong location of his organization and the passage of time makes the issue moot in any practical sense. To see if you received Mr. Kenres's spam, check the first two entries at http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22ima.%2Bcom%22+group%3Anews.admin.net-abuse.sightings Notice for one thing that it lacks the required (and yes, stupid) "ADV:" Subject line tag. There are links to many laws at http://www.spamlaws.com/ Vernon Schryver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
