BlueSky - 11:05 am on Nov 23, 2003 (gmt 0)

This doesn't sound good at all for Joe Citizen. They might as well not pass anything. If individuals cannot sue, then who will enforce this? Our government? No way, they don't have the manpower to go after all the spammers. The ISPs? Maybe the larger ones will go after a fraction of them. The others don't have the resources or time to track down those who hide their identities which most do. By giving businesses a green light, they will start spamming us too. No wonder Yahoo has dusted off their marketing plans to bombard users with email and regular mail about their services.

BTW, most spam does indeed originate in the US. They either hire foreigners or have it routed thru servers in other countries to conceal their tracks. Florida is a big haven for spammers.