Megaspammer Robert Soloway pleads guilty
Large scale spammer Robert Soloway, whose criminal trial was scheduled to
start next week, pled guilty to most of the criminal charges against him
CAUCE board member John Levine comments on the case in his blog.
Spamhaus makes progress in court
Spamhaus, the well-known anti-spam organization has been in court, sued by Chicago area bulk mailer E360. A year ago E360 got a default judgement against Spamhaus for $11 million, which Spamhaus later appealed. The appeals court has ruled, and it looks promising for Spamhaus.
CAUCE board member John Levine comments on the latest decision.
Famous spammer Sanford Wallace is sued yet again
Sanford Wallace, a famous spammer from the 1990s is back, in a legal tangle with MySpace, for sending a whole lot of spam to MySpace users.
CAUCE board member John Levine writes about it in his blog.
Commentary on the FTC Spam Summit
The following speech was prepared with the intention of using portions of it during the FTC Spam Summit, but CAUCE was not given the opportunity to participate due to time constraints.
My name is Neil Schwartzman. Beyond — as I noted yesterday — representing Return Path Inc. here at this conference, I have a second life, as it were, as the Executive Director of CAUCE in North America. CAUCE is the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, a consumers' rights advocacy group.
I am here today to question. Yesterday we heard how the tenor of the discussion about spam became more mature. How, in the period of time that has elapsed since the last summit, things have developed as an industry.
That may be true, but I question if the discussion at hand here this week is truly a big tent effort.
I see few anti-spammers here. I see only one blacklist operator, and no filtering service providers here. I see no consumer organizations here. Heck, I don't see but one spammer on the panels. I didn't see anyone challenge him during his attempts to cast himself as a legitimate business man, no-one mentioned his attempts to bribe staff at at least one large receiving site to accept his mail, or his efforts to open a school for spammers. Where is former FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle and his "couple of public hangings" when you need him, and them?
Thursday, January 25. 2007
My name is Neil Schwartzman. Beyond — as I noted yesterday — representing Return Path Inc. here at this conference, I have a second life, as it were, as the Executive Director of CAUCE in North America. CAUCE is the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, a consumers' rights advocacy group.
I am here today to question. Yesterday we heard how the tenor of the discussion about spam became more mature. How, in the period of time that has elapsed since the last summit, things have developed as an industry.
That may be true, but I question if the discussion at hand here this week is truly a big tent effort.
I see few anti-spammers here. I see only one blacklist operator, and no filtering service providers here. I see no consumer organizations here. Heck, I don't see but one spammer on the panels. I didn't see anyone challenge him during his attempts to cast himself as a legitimate business man, no-one mentioned his attempts to bribe staff at at least one large receiving site to accept his mail, or his efforts to open a school for spammers. Where is former FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle and his "couple of public hangings" when you need him, and them?
Anti-spyware Coalition Best Common Practices document open for public commentary
N.B. CAUCE Canada and CAUCE participated in the development of these documents.
Best Practices Suggestions Document
Building upon the Definitions and Risk Model documents, the Best Practices document aims to expand past defining what behaviors and consent factors will currently make software potentially unwanted and to focus upon making the marketplace better. This document highlights the sorts of technological behaviors that limit the negative impact of potentially unwanted technologies.
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Comments can be made at http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/comments/ or by sending email to asc_comments@cdt.org.
Best Practices Suggestions Document
Building upon the Definitions and Risk Model documents, the Best Practices document aims to expand past defining what behaviors and consent factors will currently make software potentially unwanted and to focus upon making the marketplace better. This document highlights the sorts of technological behaviors that limit the negative impact of potentially unwanted technologies.
HTML or PDF
Comments can be made at http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/comments/ or by sending email to asc_comments@cdt.org.
