encouraging spam detectives (Score 1)

It seems to me that the folks most motivated and most skilled at tracking down spammers are independent techies with no relationship to the service providers. These techs work untold hours tracking down spammers without any hope of monetary compensation or reward. It would be helpful if we could get legislation that allowed these spam gumshoes to share in a portion of assets seized from spammers convicted as a result of their detective work, as well as a share of any penalties levied against the spammer. Of course, one must still overcome difficulty of successfully prosecuting these cases, but without the background work there's no case at all...