The spammers are winning

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

> > Heard this morning that the governor of California, yes that one, 
> > passed some legislation making it illegal to send spam to 
> or fro that 
> > state. A penalty of up to one million is possible.
> >
> > Hey, it's a start.
> 
> Yup, the law takes effect on January 1.  Any California 
> resident who receives spam from anywhere can sue the spammer 
> in small claims court for $1000 for the first offense.  THe 
> penalties rise fairly substantialy for additionall offenses.

When this is an International law, not state or federal, it will have some
serious effect.  Of course, if you have any inputs for the writing of said
global law, you might add a section about running an unsecured operating
system on the internet...   ;-})


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

Registered Linux User #154358

Plain Text Emails Don't Spread Virii!