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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 06:06:24 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Joshua Tinnin <smogmonster () pacbell net> Date: May 30, 2004 9:27:49 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Porn Spammers Thumb Noses At FTC, CAN-SPAM On Saturday, 29 May 2004 5:11 AM -0700, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: EEkid () aol com Date: May 29, 2004 8:00:07 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Porn Spammers Thumb Noses At FTC, CAN-SPAM
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Brightmail, an acquisition target of security firm Symantec, reported that its analysis of mail during a 40-hour post-FTC ruling period showed about 40 percent of pornographic e-mail used the SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT label, or a variation of it. (MX Logic only counted those messages that used the exact label required by the FTC.)
I report and save all spam. In the month of May, so far I've received 1911
spams over a few different email addresses. Seven of those carried therequired "sexually explicit" wording in the subject header. While I am not sure of the exact percentage of porn emails of the total, I'm positive the
compliance is not anywhere near 40% of the spam sent to me. This is anectdotal, but I'm pretty sure that my experience is not atypical. On aside note, I'm not comfortable with the government prosecuting people based on labelling (or not) of content of emails which some people find "morally
objectionable," but I do feel that the consumer or target of spam emailsshould be able to demand with force of law that nobody send them unsolicited advertising, much as "no mail" (snail-mail) and "no call" lists have done.
Porn and other content compliance laws are diversionary and ignore the central point of privacy and consumer choice. - jt ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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