Re: fyi.. House Committee Passes Bill Limiting Spam E-Mail

[Keith Moore]

> The bottom line is that although the bill has some unsavory aspects (hey,
> this is politics, dontcha know), it is well intended, and restoral of the
> banner notification could be a serious tool in the fight against junk
> email.

sure, but there's no way the DMA is going to let that happen.
they'll water down the bill (as they have done) to make it almost
completely ineffective at stopping spam.  their idea is to raise
the bar for spam just enough that maybe the porn merchants can't use it
but folks trying to sell you soap or cars or whatever can use it. 

and the folks who supported the compromise (in the name of trying to
get *some* bill passed) end up having to support a bill that actually
makes the situation worse. 

Keith