moseley
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join:2001-05-05
Lemoyne, PA
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Re: not a suprise
As a nation, we have become a little too cavalier about our rights. Giving up rights to stop spam is wrong. Then States could tax inter-state commerce, tax internet purchases, tax email usage an a slew of other things.
Spam costs companies tons of money. What could be done under current laws is a class action law suit. If the risk of sending spam goes up it is no longer a cost effective way to advertise.
Current fraud laws could be used. New federal laws could be used. Using the postal Service to commit fraud is crime why not email.
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Anon00
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join:2001-09-25
USA
| said by moseley  :Current fraud laws could be used. New federal laws could be used. Using the postal Service to commit fraud is crime why not email. Though getting junk mail isn't a crime so...
And there are laws to protect against out-right fraud, though not civil liability to the person receiving the e-mail, the system is just not equipped to dealing with the massive load that the Internet and E-mail brings. And yes, this is clearly an issue that the Federal government must act on and it is not up to the States to regulate commerce outside their borders but they happy to try to stop the conduct from occurring within their State, and as I understand it, it has been upheld that they can.
What will really stop spam is if stupid people receiving this crap will stop buying from them. I mean honestly, if no one signed up with AOL would they still send you 4 CDs a month in the mail?
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA
| said by Anon00 : said by moseley :Current fraud laws could be used. New federal laws could be used. Using the postal Service to commit fraud is crime why not email. Though getting junk mail isn't a crime so... And there are laws to protect against out-right fraud, though not civil liability to the person receiving the e-mail, the system is just not equipped to dealing with the massive load that the Internet and E-mail brings. And yes, this is clearly an issue that the Federal government must act on and it is not up to the States to regulate commerce outside their borders but they happy to try to stop the conduct from occurring within their State, and as I understand it, it has been upheld that they can. What will really stop spam is if stupid people receiving this crap will stop buying from them. I mean honestly, if no one signed up with AOL would they still send you 4 CDs a month in the mail? no they would send 10cds and would give you first 3 month free. |
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Anon00
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join:2001-09-25
USA
| said by ylen131 :no they would send 10cds and would give you first 3 month free. LoL, true. But I mean more on a widespread scale of them not getting new users. I remember I tried to cancel (and dang thats an hassle) an account I had with them (only signed up to their free offering to get a discount) and they were like offering a free year of service. Of course I still cancelled it 
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hskrfan23
join:2004-03-18
West Sacramento, CA
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said by moseley :Current fraud laws could be used. New federal laws could be used. Using the postal Service to commit fraud is crime why not email. I would have to say because email is not a service of the federal government |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
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| said by hskrfan23 : said by moseley :Current fraud laws could be used. New federal laws could be used. Using the postal Service to commit fraud is crime why not email. I would have to say because email is not a service of the federal government Niether is the US Postal service. It was privatized last decade. |
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA
| said by Ahrenl : said by hskrfan23 : said by moseley :Current fraud laws could be used. New federal laws could be used. Using the postal Service to commit fraud is crime why not email. I would have to say because email is not a service of the federal government Niether is the US Postal service. It was privatized last decade. hahahahaha. Us postal Service gets its budget from us government and no it has not been privatized yet. |
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