Hacked systems and the law

[Matt G]

I hate spam too...it's destroying my soul.

Do you think the people who send me junk snail-mail should get the same
penalties?

On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 21:44, Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
> 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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