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Spammer walks as court says state antispam law is unconsitutional: Spammer walks as court says state antispam law is unconsitutionalBad, bad decisionThat court is flat-out wrong. Spam has nothing to do with the First Amendment. No one has any "right" to put their email on any server, period. It has ZERO to do with content.Spammers should pay.Perhaps...; Tags: Spam, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Publius, spammer, antispam law, anti-spam; Discussion threads 2008-09-13

Spammer walks as court says state antispam law is unconstitutional: The Supreme Court may get to decide whether an antispam law that bans emails with false routing information violates the First Amendment (yes, I misspelled "unconstitutional" in the headline; my apologies.) The Virginia Supreme Court said the conviction of super-spammer Jeremy Jaynes is unconstitutional PDF, The Washington Post reports....; Tags: Anti-spam, Spammer, U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-09-13
Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamber: Ever since Leon Festinger first formulated his theory of cognitive dissonance people have, usually reluctantly, accepted the reality that we seek out information confirming our beliefs while actively avoiding contrary information. The obvious lesson for people who are aware of this is...; Tags: Unanswered questions, General; Blog posts 2007-05-07
The next SCO suit: The next SCO suitTechnology getting ahead of law?I don't think so in this case.Clearly someone has to take responsibility for what is posted online, whether it's a Wiki, bulleting board, RSS feed, whatever. The poster is primarily responsible, but the owner and host of the site also bear a...; Tags: Wiki, site owner, SCO Group Inc., Free Speech, Transparency, Wikipedia, SCO Suit; Discussion threads 2005-12-12