Sounds like a jolly good idea to me. From current newsletter of superb work of Dana Blankenhorn http://www.a-clue.com


Many people assume spam can't be fought, that it all comes from overseas. A recent study by Ciphertrust indicates it can be fought, that in fact those foreign addresses are being spoofed by U.S. spam "kingpins." (http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/005662.html). As spam becomes more seasonal, its dirtiest secret is also being revealed, which is that honest brand names are paying the bills, refusing to police their channels (http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/005725.html). This suggests that a strategy of suing the brands advertised by spam, starting with the drug companies, and forcing them to police their channels could have a real impact.

What those drug companies, and others, have done is to substitute the Law of Necessity for the common law. They have thrown ethics to the winds. They obey the law only in its letter, and then only when the cost of defying the law is certain to exceed the benefit. posted by ..., 12:54 PM  permalink