Burzin
At 08:08 PM 12/11/2003, you wrote:
Obviously we all hate spam, but in a country where Enron's executives still haven't been charged with a crime, it seems that maybe we're making a bit too much out of an individual spammer. I consider these guys to be merely a nuisance on an individual basis and the only damage they are capable of on their own seems mostly to be the result of carelessness instead of something intentional.
I think a moderate jail sentence for a first offense is reasonable, but they should be fined in an amount comparable to their revenues from such activities. I haven't read the article though, so maybe these guys are the worst of the worst and deserve something a bit more harsh. I'd just rather we jail violent felons for long periods of time instead of just people that lack good judgment or good moral character, especially since such sentences won't stop spammers, it will just cause them to move elsewhere, as they have already been doing for some time.
Matt
Todd Holt wrote:
<.02> The courts will see this as a "victimless" crime and give him a 2 month sentence, under house arrest, blah, blah, blah, ginger.
Then companies can sue him in civil court for losses they can document... Can you document your monetary losses from SPAM from a specific source?? I know that I can't. That's what they count on.
If they really wanted to stop SPAM they would, by making a mandatory 1 year in jail for conviction of sending a single piece of SPAM. That would make the punishment too great to risk committing the crime. Why do you think so many people break the speed limit? Not because they are unlikely to get caught, but if they do get caught, the punishment is only a small fine and traffic school (which you can now take at home in most states).
The bottom line is that this is a political way to say they are doing something about the problem without spending a lot of money or effort on a problem they see as a nuisance.
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Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com 702.319.4349
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It's the "five years" that makes it a deterrent. Nobody cares aboutthe
amount of the arbitrary fines for committing murder, either.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56209-2003Dec11.html
-----Original Message----- From: Todd Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Virginia Indicts Two Men On Spam Charges
I applaud there efforts, but... $2500 a piece will deter no one!!!
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