> -----Original Message----- > From: Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:32 PM
[snip] > Regarding spam, > One has the right for privacy, including his e-mail address. > One who gains an e-mail address against the will, or without > the knowing, of > the owner is breaking the law. I again beg to differ. Let's try the real-world example of you posting your address on a buletin board for, say, giving private lessons. Someone reads it and emails you for help in Algebra. That's fine. What's not fine is someone taking this address (which you put in the public domain) and using it to cause you damage (i.e. spam you, make you pay for the bandwidth). If you want to get legal, there's section 30-aleph of Israel's Bezeq's law, saying that if you want to send a fax message to someone, you have to get their consent. The rational behind this law is that a fax owner pays for the reception of the fax message (paper, fax toner). It can be argued that the same may apply for spam - because the recipient pays for the bandwidth (even if the payment is flat-rate). Take a look at: http://www.law.co.il/showarticles.php?d=h&cat=33&abtd=1 Some very nice articles about world-wide spam with the Israeli POV. -- Arik ********************************************************************** This email and attachments have been scanned for potential proprietary or sensitive information leakage. Vidius, Inc. Protecting Your Information from the Inside Out. www.vidius.com ********************************************************************** ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
