Mailing from Electronic Frontiers Georgia 6/27/96: ----------snip---------- :Subject: [EFG] GA law criminalizing Spam cancels?? ----------snip---------- :Electronic Frontiers Georgia has engaged the law firm of Bondurant, Mixson, :& Elmore (specifically Scott McClain) to look into a court challenge of :HB1630 "The Internet Police Law" which goes into effect on July 1st. We see :this as an unecessary and badly framed law. : :This law would appear to make it a Georgia criminal act to remove spam & :spews from newsgroups. This is law OCGA 16-9-93.1 : :Some information can be found at : : http://ninja.techwood.org/~efg/ : :under the "Day the sites went out in Georgia" section. : :My understanding, and the perception of spammers seems to be that in order :to cancel a message, you must forge headers to become that person, thereby :falsely identifying yourself. This seems to be in direct violation of the law : : It shall be unlawful for any person, ... to transmit any data : through a computer network ... if such data uses any individual : name, ... to falsely identify the person, ... : ----------snip---------- : -- Robert Costner : Electronic Frontiers Georgia : rcostner@intergate.net Spamming aside, this strikes at my privacy and choice of anonymity.