Arioch Posted September 18, 2003 I'd like to see some successful prosecutions. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted September 18, 2003 See, America. They're smarter than us. 0 Share this post Link to post
Little Faith Posted September 18, 2003 Yeah, it's probably not gonna make the problems dissapear with a stroke of magic, but you must agree that it is an enormous step in the right direction. 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted September 18, 2003 Between this and the RIAA, we'll see which crusade gives up and goes home first. 0 Share this post Link to post
Python_Junkie Posted September 18, 2003 ravage said:See, America. They're smarter than us. Thank you, Captain Obvious...I think... 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted September 18, 2003 Hehehe, the Brits are even prosecuting people who don'g make their sites easy for disabled people to read. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sephiroth Posted September 19, 2003 i dout a law like that would even get into the senate in the US. we'll see a dancing monkey made entirly of boobs before we see that 0 Share this post Link to post
jute Posted September 19, 2003 Aliotroph? said:Hehehe, the Brits are even prosecuting people who don'g make their sites easy for disabled people to read. if this were EVER to really happen, it could mean the end of paperrad.org!!!!!! 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted September 19, 2003 But it is happening. For a site like that, there would have to be descriptive labels for all the images and probably an indication that it's all about graphics so blind folks don't bother with it. They wouldn't let it destroy the content of the net. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted September 19, 2003 pregnant with worms said:if this were EVER to really happen, it could mean the end of paperrad.org!!!!!! Damn. I'm seriously surprised there were no imbeded midis/wavs on that site. 0 Share this post Link to post
dsm Posted September 19, 2003 I doubt this would work, seeing as most spammers are from America afaik. Well ok, I read there somewhere and don't know how true it is. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted September 19, 2003 Sephiroth said:we'll see a dancing monkey made entirly of boobs before we see that But I thought George Dubya Bush already existed? 0 Share this post Link to post
beezee88 Posted September 19, 2003 I saw on tv this morning that spam is getting outlawed here, but only if it originates from europe. Sorta weak considering that the few hundred main spammers are american. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted September 19, 2003 Actualy, I think most spammers have their servers in CHina or Russia or something like that. Or maybe thats hackers I'm thinking of... 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted September 19, 2003 Python_Junkie said:Thank you, Captain Obvious...I think... That's Captian Oblivious to you. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
spank Posted September 20, 2003 The anti-spam group, Spamhaus, has criticised the law for excluding work addresses.... and for not cuddling them on request. 0 Share this post Link to post
Reisal Posted September 20, 2003 When will American politicians get their heads out of their asses and write up a similar law? 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted September 20, 2003 Probably when enough of them get all of their email accounts saturated with spam. 0 Share this post Link to post
Dunbar Posted September 21, 2003 Fools! If you outlaw spam, then only outlaws will spam! 0 Share this post Link to post