[SpamCop-List] Re: MS sues 200 for spamming

[Socks the white house cat]

Someday in the distant future, archeologists digging thru the ruins of
spamcop  will discover that Nobody <Nobody at devnull.spamcop.net> had this
to say on 12 Jun 2004: 


> 
> Go to the FTC website and pull up their pages on spam. Notice the
> requirements for e-advertising.  Thanks to Billy Tauzin (trust a
> Louisiana congressman to take the money), they are very close to
> redefining mainsleaze spam as spinach.  As in, "eat your spinach". 
> This would put the BL's out of business in the States.
> 

no it wouldn't.  FTC can define it anyway they want. 47 USC 230 and Section 
8(c) of 'you can spam' both say that we can block anything we find 
'otherwise objectionable'.  If the FTC tried to put a dnsbl out of 
business, they would quickly find themselves on the losing side of a free 
speech lawsuit, trying to explain why the majority opinion in Rowan vs. UPS 
doesnt apply.

Besides, SORBS and Spamhaus seem to be highly reliable, and they are in 
Australia and UK respectively.  Kind of hard to shut them down.

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