[ale] Governor Proposes Felony for Spammers

[Nathan J. Underwood]

Well, since Georgia is a hub of SPAM in the Internet world, and since 
they've finally worked out all of the bugs in the 
'actual_original_sender_finder', this sounds like a good plan.
--
registered linux user # 73046

Nathan J. Underwood
Cyber Tech Cafe' <><
http://www.cybertechcafe.net

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> ATLANTA (AP) _ Georgians who flood the Internet with spam e-mail 
> could be charged with a felony under a bill proposed today by 
> Governor Perdue. The Georgia Slam Spam E-Mail Act would punish 
> spammers with a felony who send more than ten-thousand false or
> misleading messages in one day, generate large amounts of money 
> from spam or use minors to help them transmit the e-mails. The 
> bill also outlines misdemeanor charges for lesser violations. 
> Perdue urged legislators to pass the act -- quote -- "so that 
> Georgians can once again check their e-mail without having to 
> wade through a cesspool of spam."  He made the announcement at 
> the headquarters of Atlanta-based EarthLink. The Internet service
> provider endorses the proposed legislation. Perdue says the state 
> law would only allow law enforcement officials to prosecute 
> spammers based in Georgia, but hoped other states would enact 
> similar laws. EarthLink's C-E-O Garry Betty says about 80 percent 
> of all e-mails are spam. That amounts to as many as 250 (m) million
> messages a day
> 
> See:
> http://www.wgst.com/cc-common/local_news_common.html?ID=20050119122652&feed=local
> 
> 
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