Lycos Goes Straight

Lycos Goes Straight
Mark Rasch, 2004-12-06

After a week of well-deserved criticism, Lycos is abandoning its scheme to launch denial-of-service attacks against spammy websites. Did the company reform in time to avoid criminal prosecution?

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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it 2004-12-07
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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn&amp;#39;t get it 2004-12-10
Anonymous

Mark doesn't get it because if CAN-SPAM act and other legislation was more effective, e.g. requiring all emails sent from companies to have an explicit opt-in, spam might not be a problem because of the legal penalties. But since such legislation is always hamstrung by cash grabbing morons with short-term profits in mind, people will always seek other methods.

So what if spammers are inconvenienced, they've been inconveniecing people for years with near legal impunity.

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