OT: Spam King Arrested!

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Chris Mason (Lists) wrote:
> Scott Silva wrote:
>> One down --- thousands to go!
>>   
> I wonder about that. If a change of policy and tolerance in the US 
> towards these lowlifes meant that they started to get locked up, if 
> spam was to be treated like DVD piracy and the US Gov sent delegations 
> to other countries and demanded action, would the volume drop 
> significantly? In most cases it is relatively easy to "follow the 
> money" and fine those who benefit. The exception to those is the stock 
> spams which try to influence the market, but again, probably easy 
> enough to see the patterns and find out who is gaining from the scams.
>
> If the US Gov. gave a damn about spam, I think we would see a dramatic 
> reduction in volume and the hard core spammers looking for other work.
>
But the only people that really care are the users, us. The backbone 
providers love it cause they need to provide more fiber to carry all 
that spam.