Bill to stop e-mail spam will do just the opposite

http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend10_20031210.htm

The anti-spam bill passed by Congress on Monday is destined to be about as effective as those sexual enhancement products touted in the junk e-mail that clogs the world's in-box.

In fact, what it most likely means is you'll get even more spam come next year -- from more people and on more devices, like cell phones, pagers, and those ubiquitous personal digital assistants that people carry around for mobile communications.

Congress calls it the CAN-SPAM Act; that's shorthand for Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing. But the anti-spam movement, which pleaded in vain with the politicians to put some real teeth in the legislation, calls it the Yes, You Can Spam Act...

John Mozena of Grosse Pointe Woods, who has become a national leader in the fight against spam through a group called the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail, says the bill "fails the most basic tests for anti-spam legislation: It doesn't tell anybody not to spam."

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And the US media repeats ANTI SPAM BILL PASSED like the good little media whores that they are!

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