[711] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Legislative Relief - was Re: Motion for a new POST NSF AUP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry J. Plato)
Mon Oct 16 15:15:38 1995
From: "Larry J. Plato" <ljp@noc.ans.net>
To: raisch@internet.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 19:03:36 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: jcurran@bbnplanet.com, gherbert@crl.com, com-priv@lists.psi.com,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199510161613.MAA22054@mail.internet.com> from "Robert Raisch, The Internet Company" at Oct 16, 95 12:09:34 pm
>
> On 15 Oct 95 at 15:24, George Herbert wrote:
> > Just as a warning, some of us on the recieving end of more than our fair
> > share of net abuse (the collected Usenet moderators) are starting to get
> > more than a little short fuzed about this.
>
> I would like to propose that we seek legislative relief from
> this ever-increasing problem. I have spoken with counsel and
> now understand what is required to support the enactment of
> federal legislation to prohibit the misuse of electronic mail
> and Usenet news by unprincipled "spammers."
>
I think the cure would be worse than the disease. No lawyers
please,
Larry Plato
