A copy of the bill is here: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/schumer.antispam.bill.061203.pdf --- http://news.com.com/2100-1028-1016779.html Bill would let spamees sue spammers By Declan McCullagh June 12, 2003, 7:21 PM PT A pair of unusual political allies, a left-wing Democrat and a conservative religious group, teamed up on Thursday in Washington's latest bid to rid the Internet of spam. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York joined with the Christian Coalition to announce support for a new bill that would create a national "Do Not Spam" registry of e-mail addresses and, unlike other federal proposals to date, give individuals the right to sue spammers for $1,000 per unlawful message. In a second unusual twist, Schumer's Stop Pornography and Abusive Marketing (SPAM) Act generally requires that unsolicited commercial e-mail include "ADV"--for advertisement--in subject lines. But the SPAM bill has been questioned because certain industry groups, such as the Direct Marketing Association, could qualify for a loophole that would permit them to send bulk e-mail without placing ADV on their messages. Schumer's proposal has also been criticized because it could endanger legitimate Internet services such as "anonymous remailers" and would give marketers access to the complete do-not-spam list. [...remainder snipped...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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