It would be my opinion that any legislation broad enough to cover everyone
even with 'conspiracy to commit' would then be struck down as
unconstitutional
by the U.S. supreme Court just like COPA just died
You're thinking way too complicated...
If you pay someone to commit a crime, then you're guilty of that crime too.
If spamming US citizens is a crime, then the person in the US who paid
the, say, Taiwanese bulker, to spam US citizens, is guilty of it too.
Given that something like 80% of spam is flogging US-based services in
one way or another, that's a huge bite.
Its not that IM thinking too complicated, Im just thinking like a lawyer (IANAL
but
work with one now) and if its strict enough to close the loopholes then its
likely
to be unconstitutional (like COPA) and if its too broad then there are loopholes
that spammers will exploit.
Far easier to get a regulatory type of legislation.
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