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: 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, ...

You don't have to falsely identify yourself to do spam canceling - in addition to the header saying From: Spammer <president@whitehouse.gov> you can put in a header with your real name Really-From: Mario Greymist <mario@luigi.com> or put your real name in the body, or a nym you use (e.g. Cancelpoodle) with an explanation that you're cancelling the spam posted by the spammer.

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Spamming aside, this strikes at my privacy and choice of anonymity. Well, of course - it's an offensively bogus law for a variety of reasons :-)

# Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com # http://www.idiom.com/~wcs # Distract Authority!