> From: Mike Morton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > How does the legislation prevent that? As long as people publish their > email addresses - they are public domain and will be treated as such - do > you want to stop mass snail mailings mailings as well? As long as people > publish their information it is going to be used/abused - that is the > nature > of these people.
How does it prevent non-US companies from harvesting lists of addresses from websites, WHOIS directories, etc.? It doesn't. How does it prevent US companies from doing so? It doesn't, but it does place the burden of proof on them that the addresses were come by as a result of direct correspondence with the recipient. How does it affect foreign remailers for US clients? It, plus the other clauses of the bill, make it possible to go after the US business that is the beneficiary of the spam or harvesting. > I personally am against spam - but my address is in the > public domain - there is nothing that says they cannot take it - and just > because the US makes a law against it does not make it wrong in the rest > of > the world. That is something that the US has seemed to forgotten in the > last few years. But this is getting too WAY far off topic now - enough > from > me ;) Much of "the rest of the world" is actually stricter on these points than the US. The EU, for instance, is about to require opt-in marketing, while the US has only been making noises about opt-out. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
