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The Economics of Spam and the Context and Aftermath of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

This paper reviews the background and the aftermath of the CAN-SPAM Act. The Act banned a variety of deceptive practices, but it also pre-empted the passage of stricter state laws that would have outlawed spam altogether. The nature of spam has changed since the passage of the Act. The most...

Tags: CAN-SPAM Act, Inderscience Enterprises, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2008-10-16

SPY Acts vs. CAN-SPAM: No difference

SPY Acts vs. CAN-SPAM: No differenceOn the contrary[i]Cyber criminals are not law-abiding Internet citizens, and the SPY Acts, like CAN-SPAM, will have little impact. [/i]Like the "You CAN spam" Act, these all preempt State laws that actually have some chance of working. That is, after all, their main purpose....

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spam, SECURITY, spyware, CAN-SPAM Act, State Laws, anti-spyware, SPY ACT, anti-spyware vendor

Discussion threads 2007-06-08

SPY Acts vs. CAN-SPAM: No difference

Yesterday I wrote about cyber crime -- particularly as promulgated through email messages. This morning I read House Approves Second Anti-Spyware Bill. The bill is officially called H.R. 1525: Internet Spyware  Prevention Act of 2007 and commonly known as the I-SPY Act. It follows H.R. 29 [109th]: Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber...

Tags: Spyware, Spam, Security, Scams, Phishing, Legislation

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Did Expedia violate the Can Spam Act? As a customer, I think so.

Did Expedia violate the Can Spam Act? As a customer, I think so.I agree 100%Are companies really that desperate that they need to irritate people like this. It is clear to me that the intent of CAN-SPAM is exactly what you described. They should have clearly defined what...

Tags: Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Expedia Inc., coupon, loophole, advertisement, e-mail, CAN-SPAM requirement, CAN-SPAM Act, SPAM Act

Discussion threads 2007-03-27

97% of spam was not CAN-SPAM-compliant

MX Logic reported that one year after the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act went into effect, on average 97% of unsolicited commercial email over the past year failed to comply with the federal anti-spam law. On average, spam accounted for 77% of all email traffic...

Tags: CAN-SPAM Act, unsolicited commercial email

Blog posts 2005-01-27

97% of spam was not CAN-SPAM-compliant

MX Logic reported that one year after the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act went into effect, on average 97% of unsolicited commercial email over the past year failed to comply with the federal anti-spam law. On average, spam accounted for 77% of all email traffic...

Tags: CAN-SPAM Act, unsolicited commercial email

Blog posts 2005-01-27

Alleged spammer settles with Massachusetts

Alleged spammer settles with MassachusettsAlleged spammer settles with Massachusetts$25,000? Thats it? This guy could probably make that amount by selling a couple of lists (even tho he's not supposed to). They should have upped the fine which might really hurt him.PitifulLaws only work if they discourage criminal...

Tags: Cyberthreats, spammer, spam, CAN-SPAM Act

Discussion threads 2004-10-11

'Wardriving' conviction is first under Can-Spam

'Wardriving' conviction is first under Can-Spamlol, this guy was mental"In November 2003, Toronto police stopped a car for a traffic infraction and discovered that the driver was naked from the waist down and was playing, on a laptop computer on the front seat, a pornographic video that had apparently been...

Tags: Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Wardriving, CAN-SPAM Act

Discussion threads 2004-09-30

Massachusetts files suit under Can-Spam

Massachusetts files suit under Can-SpamSuitWell, laws are only as good as those who follow them.Wow - there's a switch...something decent actually came OUT of Massachusetts for a change...I know something that needs to go BACK... ;)Hmmmm....Amazing... simply amazing...Switch alrightThe liberals are always out in force in that state, since they...

Tags: Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, CAN-SPAM Act

Discussion threads 2004-07-02

FTC: Thumbs-down on 'do not e-mail' list

FTC: Thumbs-down on 'do not e-mail' listProbably for the best...Honestly, I'm not sure why anyone thought the do-not-email list would be a good idea. All it would do is create a list of known-good mostly email addresses. Since they have to know what's on the list in order...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SPAM Email, FTC, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, e-mail, Group C, spammer

Discussion threads 2004-06-15

Spam is still growing--and costing

Spam is still growing--and costingSymantec CEO needs to get out more...He thinks that Canspam is the stupidest piece of legislation? Has he not heard of the legislation in parts of Texas that forbids 'placing your donkey in your bathtub'? Or the Ohio law making it illegal to 'put a squirrel...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Now IT, spyware, spam, spammer, CAN-SPAM Act

Discussion threads 2004-06-14

Congress moves on camera-phone porn

Congress moves on camera-phone pornLaws are finally catching up with technology...In a world where technology is rapidly growing, one danger is that the technology can get ahead of the government. The government does not realize the technology or its potential, and this can lead to things like mobile-cam porn. A...

Tags: Vertical industries, Whos, CAN-SPAM Act, government, camera phone, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2004-05-12

First complaint filed under Can-Spam

First complaint filed under Can-SpamLiving without spamI had high hopes spam laws would end the onslaught of junk email, but that never panned out, and I doubt todays news will have much of an impact. So in the mean time I use a fabulous solution from Sentinare messaging solutions. My...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, False Positives, spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, spamming

Discussion threads 2004-04-29

Study: Marketers fall short on Can-Spam

Study: Marketers fall short on Can-SpamWhat a bullsh*t study!The majority of spam I still see hasn't even got a way to opt out, let alone measure the time to opt out.The can spam act is a dismal failure, jsut as we all predicted it would be.What a great-freaking-big suprise... not.[i]Jupiter...

Tags: Cyberthreats, CAN-SPAM Act, CanSpam law, spam

Discussion threads 2004-04-21

ISP hammers Bob Vila site with spam suit

ISP hammers Bob Vila site with spam suitNT What?? CAN-SPAM doesn't work? What a surprise..Law was not written to stop SPAMCAN-SPAM created penalties for forging headers and resource abuse within the physical borders of the USA. The law also provided guidance on proper opt-out behavior of...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, spam, Internet Service Provider, CAN-SPAM Act, bond, e-mail

Discussion threads 2004-03-05

Can-Spam backer to lose top exec

Can-Spam backer to lose top execWhat if rape laws were like opt-out ....And everybody got one shot at ripping off your clothes until you asked them to stop? Would you feel any less violated? Heck, what if rape laws were like the CAN-SPAM act, in which not only would you...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Nothing, Constitution, Do-Not-Spam, CAN-SPAM Act, spam

Discussion threads 2003-12-17

Can Spam--a good first act

Can Spam--a good first actI hope I'm wrongBut the only thing I see this law will accomplished is to abolish some state laws that had a chance of doing some good."legitimate direct marketers"??? BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!Right. "legitimate direct marketers". Look for that on the web.... they're listed on the same...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, OK Here, spam, CAN-SPAM Act, legitimate direct marketer, e-mail, direct marketer, Brightmail Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-12-12

Additional Resources

FCC to review regulatory and legal impacts to cloud services and identity management

FCC Overstepping its authority againWhy do we as a society, blindly ignore when the government overreaches its authority?The FCC only has authority to regulate the airwaves.The Internet and related technologies have nothing to do with the FCC, and they have no authority in this area.We need to wake up, people....

Tags: Federal government, Big Government, identity management, FCC, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FCC wants public comment on digital democracy - voting online

Online Voting - Destroying the integrity and fabric of democracy.On-line voting without safe guards against vote selling and guarantee that each vote was registered in private invalidates the intent and meaning of "one person, one vote."It's bad enough that this hole currently exists with the current mail-in voting process.RE: FCC...

Tags: Federal government, digital democracy, public comment, FCC

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

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Software downloads 2009-11-19