On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 09:10:31PM -0400, Jim Youll wrote
Please...
- either set your MUA to wrap at 72 characters or, failing that
- turn off wrapping altogether and let my MUA wrap your message.
Then I won't see garbage like...
Some ISPs do block, e.g. outgoing SMTP connections. They could as easily
block
access to external POPs e.g. to force customers to use "@thisisp.com"
style e-mail
addresses. Why would an ISP do this? To lock in customers and reduce
churn. So fetching
your mail from across the continent may not always be an option.
The best things ISP could do would be to know their customers and
close accounts after any spamming incident... and then banning
spammers from becoming customers.
This will work at a Mom-n-Pop outfit. How is AOL, MSN, Earthlink, etc
supposed to "know" their customers ?
I believe a non-technological repair for the present spamming
problem would be to simply allow some assignment of responsibility to
ISPs (look, they are already responsible for DMCA enforcement, FBI
wiretaps, subpoenas for any reason) so that ISPs would be obligated
to act when complaints are received.
"look, they are already responsible for DMCA enforcement". I don't
think you fully realize the implications of combining clueless SpamCop
users plus ambulance-chasing lawyers. Consider...
1) http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0212.html and what happened
when someone put up "Portrait of mrs. harrison Williams 1943.jpg." and
the RIAA's lawyers, on behalf of George Harrison, sent a cease-and-desist
letter to the hosting ISP
2) And let's not forget...
http://distribution.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=581265&listName=dev
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Westfaelische Wilhelms - Universitaet
Roentgenstr. 9-13
Muenster, D-48149 DE DE
RE: Unauthorized Distribution of the following copyrighted computer
program(s):
Microsoft Office
Dear Sir/Madam:
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has determined that the connection
listed below, which appears to be using an Internet account under your
control, is operating an FTP server to offer unlicensed copies or is engaged
in other unauthorized activities relating to copyrighted computer programs
published by the BSA's member companies.
Infringement Details:
------------------------------
First Found: 24 Nov 2002 15:31:40 EST (GMT -500)
Last Found: 24 Feb 2003 01:19:59 EST (GMT -500)
IP Address: 128.176.191.21
IP Port: 21
Protocol: FTP
FTP Login Name: anonymous
FTP Login Password: guest(_at_)nowhere(_dot_)com
What was located as infringing content:
------------------------------
Filename: /mandrake_current/SRPMS/OpenOffice.org-1.0.1-9mdk.src.rpm
(199,643kb)
Filename:
/mandrake_current/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/OpenOffice.org-libs-1.0.1-9mdk.i586.rpm
(35,444kb)
The above computer program(s) is/are being made available for copying,
through downloading, at the above location without authorization from the
copyright owner(s).
Based upon BSA's representation of the copyright owners in anti-piracy
matters, we have a good faith belief that none of the materials or
activities listed above have been authorized by the rightholders, their
agents, or the law. BSA represents that the information in this
notification is accurate and states, under penalty of perjury, that it is
authorized to act in this matter on behalf of the copyright owners listed
above.
We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take
expeditious action to remove or disable access to the materials described
above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and distribution of
pirated software via your company's network. As you know, illegal on-line
activities can result in 50 million people on the Internet accessing and
downloading a copyrighted product worldwide without authorization - a highly
damaging activity for the copyright holder.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Please advise us regarding
what actions you take.
Please include the following CaseID in any response you send: Case ID 588853
Yours sincerely,
Corinna Beck
Business Software Alliance
1150 18th St NW Suite 700
Washington,DC 20036
http://www.bsa.org
E-mail: copyright-europe(_at_)bsa(_dot_)org
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes(_at_)waltdnes(_dot_)org>
An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will
eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure,
and has a lower TCO, than linux.
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