I'll be speaking at the event via a video link from Georgetown law school. Here are the details if you're near Stanford and were thinking of stopping by: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04680.html -Declan --- http://news.com.com/2010-1071-998513.html A modest proposal to end spam By Declan McCullagh April 28, 2003, 7:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--It's not every day people bet their jobs on the effectiveness of a law--let alone an antispam law. Many U.S. states have already enacted such e-mail laws, and spam keeps flooding in. But that's exactly what Larry Lessig, a Stanford University law professor and one of the most prominent liberal voices online, has done. A few months ago, Lessig made an unusual wager: If Congress enacts an antispam law that offers bounties for the reporting of spammers, and the law fails to "substantially reduce the level of spam," he will resign from his dream job at a top law school. Lessig is either extremely reckless or incredibly confident. He has asked me to be the judge of whether such a law proves effective in reducing the deluge of unsolicited e-mail that's clogging our in-boxes, snarling mail servers and driving Internet service providers to distraction. I've accepted. At an event Monday to unveil just that kind of antispam bill, Lessig will have a chance to put his career where his mouth is. He will join U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., to highlight new legislation, which goes by the awkward name of "Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Spam Act," or the REDUCE Spam Act. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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