[Gllug] A few words on the topic of stock spam

[Ian Norton-Badrul]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 11:28:48AM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 08:52:35PM +0100, Fred Youhanaie wrote:
> > Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> > > May be of interest to some, mostly won't be of interest to anyone.
> > > 
> > > http://blog.hinterlands.org/2007/07/10#20070710
> > 
> > Perhaps this can act as a deterrent:
> > 
> > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/07/10/stock_spam_charges/
> 
> The deterrent is that sending spam should be illegal.
> 
> We don't allow advertisers to spray-paint their message on every
> available wall.  There are laws specifically to prevent this, and
> anyone who persistently flouted them would eventually end up in
> prison.
> 
> Why then can we not have similar laws for spam?

I Think partly this is because it is so easy to spoof a sender, a nasty third
party can easily send spam adverts. If made illegal then you still could not
prosicute the offender.

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