Come Find Out!
LABEL/BOUNTY SPAM LEGISLATION
with
Representative Zoe Lofgren
Professor Lawrence Lessig
CNET Reporter Declan McCullagh
Monday April 28, 2003
1:00-2:00 PM
Room 290
Stanford Law School
Open to All!
Background:
September 16, 2002: "Imagine a law that had two parts--a labeling part and a bounty part. Part A says that any unsolicited commercial e-mail must include in its subject line the tag [ADV:]. Part B says that the first person to track down a spammer violating the labeling requirement will, upon providing proof to the Federal Trade Commission, be entitled to $10,000 to be paid by the spammer."
--Larry Lessig, CIO Insight Magazine
January 1, 2003: "Here goes: So (a) if a law like the one I propose is passed on a national level, and (b) it does not substantially reduce the level of spam, then (c) I will resign my job. I get to decide whether (a) is true; Declan can decide whether (b) is true. If (a) and (b) are both true, then I’ll do (c) at the end of the following academic year."
--Larry Lessig, Lessig Blog
Next Monday, April 28, 2003 at Stanford Law School
Representative Zoe Lofgren introduces Label/Bounty SPAM Legislation at SLATA’s Pizza with the Profs. Professor Lessig announces whether (a) is true. His nemesis CNET Reporter Declan McCullagh appears to explain how he’ll decide whether (b) is true. What about (c)?
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