[Ecommerce] FYI: Canadian suggests international treaty on spam

[Jeff Williams]

Manon and all,

  An international treaty for handling spam is a very good and long
overdue initiative.  However it is very doubtful such a treaty is
in the offing in the near of mid term, as such a treaty it not in the
interests of marketing firms and the like.  It is fairly well known
and sometimes reported that 70% of all spam is generated or
can be traced to US origin, and as such should be addressed
by the appropriate US agencies such as DOC/NTIA, FTC,
and FCC. Yet said agencies have been bickering between
themselves for several years in deciding whom should directly
address the growing spam problem...

Manon Ress wrote:

> Techdaily May 12, 2004
>
> Canadian Official Suggests International Treaty On Spam
> A top Canadian official said Tuesday that an international treaty may be
> needed to address the prevalence of unsolicited commercial e-mail because
> individual governments cannot deal with the problem by themselves. Reuters
> reports that Canadian Industry Minister Lucienne Robillard said there is
> an urgent need for new international efforts against spam, including
> perhaps a treaty to allow the extradition of suspected large-scale
> spammers. "I think that the working group at the [Organization for
> Economic Cooperation and Development] has to find an innovative solution.
> ... We have to consider all alternatives," Robillard said.
>
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