Taking action against the manufacturers, wholesalers, service providers and financial transaction processors of products sold via spam is another matter. A few, relatively simple changes to the civil and criminal codes in the two major spam markets (US & EU) could probably shut down virtually all commercial spam.
Note that the main spam source is the pacific rim, not the US or EU.
1) Define personal email boxes/addresses as private property.
Whoze private property? The service provider clearly owns the "email box" on its server. But ICANN has already ruled you can't own a domain name...
2) Explicitly state in law and regulation that selling products and services for resale to third parties who market via spam makes the manufacturer, wholesaler, service provider and transaction processor liable for that spam.
Whoa. Isn't that Restraint of Trade. Manufacturers just don't get to do that, and if they try that type of control, the anti-trust laws kick in. You talking about making an exception for manufacturers? And how would they then control their downstream market? Who would pay to monitor all this?
3) Establish substantial punitive civil fines for email trespass.
Back to the problem of traceability.
- Dan.
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