Hacked systems and the law

[Hanasaki JiJi]

NO Spamming!  If I dont sign up, dont send it to me.  If I miss a great 
deal because of this approach, oh well.

Zscoundrel wrote:
> L. Adrian Griffis wrote:
> 
>> Spam should be treated like littering.  Certainly for individual
>> cases, it's not more significant than breaking and entering.
>> There's should be a $100 fine for each piece of mail, and the
>> penalty should increase as it becomes evident that the
>> spammer is trying to hide his identity and/or evade the
>> consequences of his act.
>>  
>>
> I can live with spamming being considered as a minor crime - PROVIDED - 
> that the "remove me from your spam list" is included in EVERY Email, it 
> is a one or two click process, and that it actually WORKS CORRECTLY !!!
> If the remove process doesn't work, or takes more than 10 seconds to 
> complete, or more than 24 hours to process, it should be considered 
> FRAUDand there should be severe penalties.
> 
> I would prefer to see a MANDATORY sentence of 10 years in FEDERAL lock 
> up for the executive officers, the management chain that approved the 
> spam, and at least 2 years for the administrator of the system involved 
> in sending the spam.  (I would prefer it to be a capitol crime, but that 
> may be pushing it just a bit!)
> 
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