Do We Need a New SPIM Law?

Do We Need a New SPIM Law?
Mark Rasch, 2005-02-28

Existing statutes may not be enough to crack down on Instant Messaging spammers.

Do We Need a New SPIM Law? 2005-02-28
Anonymous

Judging by the government's previous response to widely-hated spam messages, look for a new law, WILL [Wanton Ignorance of Life and Liberty?] SPIM, 2006. So far with spam, the US government took the valid concerns of annoyed citizens, the marketing interests of big industry, and guess who won?

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Would a SPIM Law Actually Have Purpose? 2005-03-01
Matthew Murphy

Let's look at the actual merits of CAN-SPAM for a moment. I know that I am not alone in the realization that legislation is bound to backfire. Look at what has happened in the post-mortem of CAN-SPAM. Junk e-mail has *_surged_*. Why? Because the U.S. government has now legitimized junk mail *wi...

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Do We Need a New SPIM Law? 2005-03-02
Anonymous

Without consideration of the particular merits of CAN SPAM or its applicability here, can't the attempted extortion still stick?...

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Do We Need a New SPIM Law? 2005-03-03
Anonymous

They should argue on the basis that the messages ARE being sent to a unique address... the IP address of the victim. The IM alias is also unique. ...

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Do We Need a New SPIM Law? 2005-03-07
Anonymous

Not in Australia, the current spam law covers 'electronic messaging', that includes email, IM and SMS....

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