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

[John G Walker]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:47:08 +0100 (BST) "Adrian McMenamin"
<adrian at newgolddream.dyndns.info> wrote:

> > Quite right. But there's then a question, resulting from the
> > spammers' use of hijacked PCs, of *who* is doing the spamming - the
> > owner of the PC or the sinister forces controlling the machine?
> > It's this ambiguity that creates the difficulties in prosecuting
> > spammers - and allows spammers legal loopholes to crawl through,  
> 
> 
> I am sure you could fix this with an ASBO now. If the bahaviour is
> anti-social, and it is, then the courts would issue an ASBO and then
> the person could even be banned from using a PC.

Oh yes, if you could identify the person responsible, you could do all
kinds of things. If you could find a way of enforcing them.

Maybe I could market a game: "Find the spammer"?

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 All the best,
 John
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