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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
How about, "prosecute the ones who distribute spam, the same way they go after those who distribute torrent links, for interfering with business and violating TOUs" -- and tying up phone lines; spam is actionable under the same laws that cover malicious faxing.
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Worthy of thread in itself. Short response: Would be great if it worked just the way we want, and everyone agreed about the approach. Unlikely. See the Do Not Call law and SOPA.
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(If the feds can afford to send six armed officers to the homes of people searching for "pressure cooker' and "backpack", they can afford to track down some of those "This was a helpful post now visit my car site!!!" blog comments.)
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I'll leave to folks in the P&R section to explain why that's totally different.