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Re: Anti-Spam Legislation

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From: Clifton T. Sharp, Jr.
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 00:00
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Jude Crouch wrote:
> 
> In chi.internet Jim Jacobus <jjacobus@wwa.com> wrote:
> > A NEW ORGANIZATION has been created to push federal legislation by
> > extending the current law against junk faxes to cover e-mail. CAUCE,
> > the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, will be happy to
> > tell you all about it on their web page <http://www.cauce.org/>.
> 
> The unsolicited fax law works quite well.  The problem of
> unsolicted e-mail is virtually identical to that of unsolicited
> faxes - a company using facilities that You pay for to
> get You to buy Their products or services.

Have you heard of anyone actually collecting from a spammer on that?
I've read the second-hand statement that people in misc.legal think
that it's just wishful thinking to believe that the junk fax law has
any application to spam or UCE. But it would be nice if we could get
something protective without further legislation.

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From: "Clifton T. Sharp, Jr." <clifto@webspun.com>
Subject: Re: Anti-Spam Legislation
Date: 1997/05/18
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