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Instead of supporting such legislation, which will not work,
why doesn't CAUCE get behind the E-Mail filtering services,
which DO WORK, and have been around for a long time now?
You can't find them by way of a search engine, because they
are lost amidst all of the people complaining about UCE, yet
they are there, 24 hours a day, filtering out junk mail from
peoples mailboxes who don't want to receive it.  I signed up
for one such service over 2 years ago, and have been
spam-free ever since.  The solution is already here, and it
works, lets pass the word about that rather than support a
bill which will have no effect on the people who could care
less whether it is illegal or not.

If you want to solve all of your UCE problems, go to:
http://205.139.105.240/~d_troy/page2.html



ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) wrote in message
<5m69a6$isb@freenet-news.carleton.ca>:

>
>Reposted from comp.internet.net-happenings:
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>> From: Edward Cherlin <cherlin@newbie.net>
>> Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 09:13:19 -0700
>> 
>> Anti-Spam Law Proposed
>> http://www.cauce.org
>> 
>> Group Says, "Ban Junk Electronic Mail"
>> 
>> Internet, May 12, 1997--The Coalition Against Unsolicited
Commercial
>> E-mail (CAUCE) announced today that it is calling for a
legal ban on
>> unsolicited e-mail advertising. CAUCE has drafted an
amendment to the
>> federal law that bans unsolicited fax advertisements, to
extend it to cover
>> unsolicited e-mail advertising on the same terms. The
proposal would give
>> e-mail users control of the kinds of advertising they are
willing to accept
>> in their mailboxes, whether they prefer to shut it off
completely, or ask
>> for more.
>> 
>> The junk fax law (more formally, portions of 47 USC 227),
provides that
>> businesses may offer goods and services in fax messages
only if the
>> recipient has asked for the information or has a previous
business
>> relationship with the company. Recipients may ask to be
taken off
>> mailing lists at any time. Violation can result in a
civil penalty of $500
>> per message, or more in the case of clearly willful
violation or failure to
>> provide a valid return fax number. Extending the same
terms to e-mail
>> should work equally well, according to CAUCE.
>> 
>> The arguments against junk e-mail and junk fax are very
similar. Cost
>> shifting to the recipient and denial of service are two
of the most
>> important. For example, many e-mail users and mailing
lists have a daily
>> limit on traffic, so UCE can displace other traffic and
prevent it
>> getting through.
>> 
>> "Starting from an existing law has several important
advantages," said
>> CAUCE co-founder Edward Cherlin. "We have a law that has
worked well,
>> that covers a very similar problem, and that has passed a
constitutional
>> challenge in court. The only thing really wrong with the
junk fax law
>> from our point of view is that so few people know it
exists, so junk fax
>> still continues on a small scale. That makes education
the number two
>> priority for us, behind getting the law passed."
>> 
>> The CAUCE Web site at http://www.cauce.org is an
important part of the
>> organization's education campaign. It offers information
about UCE and
>> the proposed amendment, a FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) page, and a
>> sign-up page where visitors can join CAUCE to receive a
newsletter on Spam
>> issues, or register their support for the proposal.
Electronic signatures
>> will be sorted and delivered to the appropriate Senators
and Representatives.
>> 
>> The site also explains why other proposed solutions to
UCE don't work,
>> and how UCE harms other businesses. Because of UCE, many
people are
>> unwilling to deal with any online business. In particular
it is impossible
>> to create anything like a complete Internet e-mail
directory service, since
>> it would be used to generate mailing lists.
>> 
>> "We're not against commerce on-line.  We're just against
paying
>> to receive junk mail.  It's time-consuming to deal with,
and it's
>> incredibly costly - a cost which has to be passed on by
the
>> Internet Service Provider (ISP) to their subscribers."
said CAUCE member
>> John Mozena.
>> 
>> The Coalition Against UCE (Unsolicited Commercial E-mail)
was
>> founded by Scott Hazen Mueller, Vice President for
Engineering
>> for Whole Earth Networks, Edward Cherlin, Vice President
for
>> Business Development of NewbieNet, a free educational
service
>> for novice Internet users, and Doug Muth, a UNIX system
>> administrator.  Legal expertise was provided by Anne
Mitchell,
>> an attorney in Santa Clara, CA with many years'
experience
>> on the Internet.  The lobbying effort in Washington is
led by Ray
>> Everett-Church, a contractor with various ISPs on
computer
>> security issues.
>> 
>> For more information on the Coalition and its lobbying
efforts,
>> visit its Web home page at http://www.cauce.org.  The
CAUCE Web
>> site explains the Spam problem, gives the text of the
current law
>> prohibiting junk faxes and the proposed amendment, and
answers
>> common questions about the proposal.
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> Edward Cherlin     Help outlaw Spam       Everything
should be made
>> Vice President   http://www.cauce.org        as simple as
possible,
>> NewbieNet, Inc.                                 __but no
simpler__.    
>> http://www.newbie.net/                Attributed to
Albert Einstein
>> 
>> 
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