Comment Why not make a 'Do not email list'? (Score 2, Interesting) 197
Why wouldn't a nationwide 'do not email' list work?
I would think this is even more feasible and enforceable than the 'do not call' list that people are trying to establish to combat telemarketers.
Pass a law that unsolicited email sent to an address on the list is subject to a fine.
If the spammers are sending out multi-thousands of emails, even a fine of $50 per complaint would soon put spammers out of business. The fine could be split between the 'spamee' and some agency to enforce the spam law. I would think that there are enough unemployed people with the skills to staff such an agency, given the state of the nation's economy.
The spammers have to send contact information if they are trying to sell you something, thus there is an easy way to find who is responsible for the spam.
I would think this is even more feasible and enforceable than the 'do not call' list that people are trying to establish to combat telemarketers.
Pass a law that unsolicited email sent to an address on the list is subject to a fine.
If the spammers are sending out multi-thousands of emails, even a fine of $50 per complaint would soon put spammers out of business. The fine could be split between the 'spamee' and some agency to enforce the spam law. I would think that there are enough unemployed people with the skills to staff such an agency, given the state of the nation's economy.
The spammers have to send contact information if they are trying to sell you something, thus there is an easy way to find who is responsible for the spam.
