Re: [Asrg] Re: RMX Records

> From: Adam Back <adam@cypherspace.org>

> ...
> We know from long experience that laws, and after the fact enforcement
> of AUPs don't solve the problem.  That is the status quo.

No, the status quo involves lots of spam, but not from ISPs that have
strongly anti-spam AUPs and bother to really enforce them.  (A strong
anti-spam AUP is not one that says "send as much spam as you want for
a couple business days and then buy a new throw-away account."  One
that says "send spam and your financial knee-caps will be destroyed
by our lawyers" is strongly anti-spam.)

Demonstrations of how laws can work are the very successful recent
U.S. state laws against telemarking.

> ...
> So how will anyonymous users who want anonymity for privacy send mail
> in this world.

All of the authentication anti-spam efforts are based on the mistaken
notion that ISPs cannot know their own customers and exact a pound or
two of flesh for bad behavior.
That notion is incredibly silly if you've paid the least attention to
history.  For example, Ma Bell knew a lot less about its pay phone
customers, but nevertheless managed to keep "phone phreaking" under
better control than AT&T, MCI/UUnet, and Sprint have controlled their
own spammers.

Vernon Schryver    vjs@rhyolite.com
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