At 18:57 9/19/2000 -0400, Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:
>
http://www.upside.com/Upside_Counsel/39c64dec0_yahoo.html
>Courts in Washington and California have struck down certain anti-spam laws
>as unconstitutional, based on concerns that states should not impose
>differing requirements on interstate commerce.
That could be the saddest sentence in this story. That state laws barring
nuisances (spam) are considered to be interfere with interstate commerce.
> > After this court ruling, MAPS agreed to remove Yesmail from the
> > RBL, and Yesmail put its litigation on hold. Soon after, the
> > case was settled, presumably on terms favorable to Yesmail.
Well, given a settlement, there's no ruling, but it'd be interested in
reading. In my 'reading' MAPS is a voluntary organization through which
participants express speech that should be free and NOT obstructed by
commerce considerations.
> > We haven't seen the end of email black hole litigation. MAPS'
> > influence is huge: 20,000 companies that control 40 percent of
> > Internet email accounts subscribe to the RBL.
Gee, and of course, the powers-to-be are too hopped up on $hit to ask why
MAPS is so popular: because spam sucks and the government is so riddled with
monied interests it can't even adopt a consistent approach to allow people
to manage it.
> > The solution?
1. Campaign finance reform.
2. Radicalization of government through the advancement of aggressive civil
rights advocates.
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