Interesting, and an idea I've seen bandied about a decent amount.
While, I'd love such legislation (carefully written, because there will be First Amendment issues in the U.S.,), I'm not sure it would have all that much positive effect over the long haul. The spammers would just all be "relocated" to places that don't have such laws, then. The cost to investigate such overseas operations' links to the jurisdictions that have these laws would outweigh the real value of the investigations, and law enforcement would be slow to aid (instead of investigating say, money-laundering or even more serious activities).
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Re: Why not go after the advertisers who use illegal spammers?
Date: 2003-11-24 07:42 am (UTC)While, I'd love such legislation (carefully written, because there will be First Amendment issues in the U.S.,), I'm not sure it would have all that much positive effect over the long haul. The spammers would just all be "relocated" to places that don't have such laws, then. The cost to investigate such overseas operations' links to the jurisdictions that have these laws would outweigh the real value of the investigations, and law enforcement would be slow to aid (instead of investigating say, money-laundering or even more serious activities).