Comment Re:Punishment fitting the crime? (Score 1) 633
As other people have said, if the monetary fine does not discourage people from continuing to commit the crime, then it's simply not large enough.
What they should do to spammers is a) confiscate ALL the capital they accumulated from their crimes, b) add a sizable extra monetary penalty on top of that, and c) make them do some type of community service directly related to helping their victims (mostly mail admins + abuse departments) clean up after their mess.
Jail time of more than a few months (except maybe for the absolute worst repeat offenders) is just totally inappropriate and unneccesary no matter how big of a spamming operation they're running.
What they should do to spammers is a) confiscate ALL the capital they accumulated from their crimes, b) add a sizable extra monetary penalty on top of that, and c) make them do some type of community service directly related to helping their victims (mostly mail admins + abuse departments) clean up after their mess.
Jail time of more than a few months (except maybe for the absolute worst repeat offenders) is just totally inappropriate and unneccesary no matter how big of a spamming operation they're running.
