[74617] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: House Toughens Spyware Penalties
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Fri Oct 8 17:18:59 2004
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 00:16:50 +0300
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: swm@emanon.com
Cc: "'Nicole'" <nmh@daemontech.com>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20542132606580@schlep.emanon.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Scott Morris wrote:
>Oh, how festive. Anyone got that "Bill (Gates) Blocker" filter ready? :)
>
>Left to their own devices, congressmen should NOT be allowed to write bills
>about things they don't understand. Well... Ok, that's too restrictive.
>No bills would ever get written.
>
>We'll still see the same problems coming from the same non-US places where
>it isn't exactly feasible to prosecute. But it made someone someplace feel
>better, I'm sure!
>
>
Sure, but as long as most spyware and spam is originated and operated by
US citizens on US soil, it makes sense to make them responsible for
their junk?
Pete
