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Canada has its own FISA. But this is a good one... [telecom]

It's an anti-spam measure. And it's got the mainsleaze spammers worried... (the hardcore crooks will ignore it, of course, but this should free up resources to go after them, too)

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The country's "Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act" - FISA for short - is designed to protect consumers from spam. Unlike a similar law that went into effect in the United States in 2003 - the CAN-SPAM act - FISA requires senders of commercial e-mail messages to obtain consent from recipients prior to sending any message. In the United States, retailers and marketers can send unsolicited messages if they enable consumers to opt-out of receiving future messages from the sender, such as through links at the bottom of the e-mail. ------ rest:

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Reply to
danny burstein
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In article you write:

Yes, that's the plan. The story you quoted is poorly researched; they took the FISA acronym out of the bill before it was passed and now it's known as CASL, Canada's Anti-Spam Law. It also regulates downloaded software, since the consent rules for getting commercial e-mail and for permitting software downloads are largely the same.

It doesn't go into effect until the various agencies publish the regulations to implement it, which with any luck will be in early

2012.

R's, John

Claimer: I helped write it.

***** Moderator's Note *****

Since spam is now showing up in Internet-aware cell phones, that begs the question:

Is there ever going to be a "Final Ultimate Solution to the Spam Problem"? Netizens have been talking about a FUSSP for years: is it a believable goal?

Bill Horne Moderator

Reply to
John Levine

No. If you look back at the history of telecommunication, any system that is ubiquitous and cheap has abuse problems. In the late 1800s, a few telegraph systems offered flat rates, quickly rescinded when they were overwhelmed by telegraph spam.

You can certainly build a system with walls around it that would have very little spam, but one of the most important reasons we use e-mail is that you can send mail to anyone without having to make complicated prior arrangements. And that's the same reason that there's spam.

R's, John

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John Levine

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