Russell Fulton wrote:
I think that this is a case of better late than early -- other countries have made a hash of it (I've seen a lot of criticism of the US legislation). We just might have a chance of getting it right.
I'm from the wrong part of the world for such frivolous optimism, unfortunately. Other countries were late too, like the US, reacting only after the spam problem had become intolerable. As you said, the enacted laws aren't terribly good, and certainy don't appear to have benefited from "problem ageing". It's not always the right thing to do, to wait see what others do. While we waited, the US for instance created anti-spam laws that now cover the activities of NZ citizens, simply because there is no equivalent legislation here. That's fine, if we want to hand over yet more of our sovereignty to foreign powers while our guvmint has a well-paid kip on its watch, but I don't agree with it. -- Juha