TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: Create an E-Annoyance, Go To Jail

Re: Create an E-Annoyance, Go To Jail

Barry Margolin (barmar@alum.mit.edu)
Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:58:24 -0500

In article <telecom25.13.4@telecom-digest.org>, David B. Horvath, CCP
<dhorvath@notchur.biz> wrote:

> Does this mean I can get the FBI to prosecute someone who sends me
> SPAM? I find that forging my email address in SPAM is very annoying
> and certainly can't be taking place in an attempt to please me.

> Hmmmm ...

The law says "with INTENT to annoy". So it's OK to annoy someone if
that wasn't your intent.

I think the spammers' intent is to get your money, the annoyance is
just an unintended side effect.

If this were a civil issue, perhaps a class action lawsuit against all
spammers would be appropriate, since as a group they clearly know
they're annoying us due to the combined volume.

Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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