Comments on: DomainNews.com: Sign The Petition, Stop The Snowe Bill http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/05/domainnewscom-sign-the-petition-stop-the-snowe-bill/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: WhatTheHeck http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/05/domainnewscom-sign-the-petition-stop-the-snowe-bill/#comment-6195 WhatTheHeck Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:52:03 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/05/domainnewscom-sign-the-petition-stop-the-snowe-bill/#comment-6195 Everyone ALREADY agrees that Phishers and Spammers ARE the scum of the Earth, and the law ALREADY says they ARE criminals. The IDEA of the proposed legislation is PROBABLY good, but like so many other things, it can, and WILL, be mis-used by over-zealous lawyers and mis-interpreted and mis-applied by an ill-informed and over-reaching judicial system. ( "¦ Sorry for all the hyphens "¦ ) Won't "have to waste time in court" (??) "¦ it bothers me, that in this society built on and based in LAW, there are those that see due-process as just another obstacle to overcome. Grandstanding politicians are always trying to pass NEW laws trying to "˜criminalize' illegal behaviour, but correct me if I am wrong, isn't the definition of a criminal, "one who doesn't obey the laws"?? More of the same old feel-good but utterly useless legislation. Try enforcing the laws you already HAVE, and when you can satisfactorily accomplish THAT, then I will give the new proposal a look. Everyone ALREADY agrees that Phishers and Spammers ARE the scum of the Earth, and the law ALREADY says they ARE criminals.

The IDEA of the proposed legislation is PROBABLY good, but like so many other things, it can, and WILL, be mis-used by over-zealous lawyers and mis-interpreted and mis-applied by an ill-informed and over-reaching judicial system. ( “¦ Sorry for all the hyphens “¦ )

Won’t “have to waste time in court” (??) “¦ it bothers me, that in this society built on and based in LAW, there are those that see due-process as just another obstacle to overcome.

Grandstanding politicians are always trying to pass NEW laws trying to “˜criminalize’ illegal behaviour, but correct me if I am wrong, isn’t the definition of a criminal, “one who doesn’t obey the laws”??

More of the same old feel-good but utterly useless legislation.

Try enforcing the laws you already HAVE, and when you can satisfactorily accomplish THAT, then I will give the new proposal a look.

]]> By: The Snowe Bill - Pros and Cons http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/05/domainnewscom-sign-the-petition-stop-the-snowe-bill/#comment-6184 The Snowe Bill - Pros and Cons Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:35:06 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/05/domainnewscom-sign-the-petition-stop-the-snowe-bill/#comment-6184 [...] World, John Levine, Michael Berkens, Andrew Allemann, Declan McCullagh of CNET, Elliot Silver, Sahar Sarid, Jothan Frakes, Internet Commerce Association, and Mark [...] […] World, John Levine, Michael Berkens, Andrew Allemann, Declan McCullagh of CNET, Elliot Silver, Sahar Sarid, Jothan Frakes, Internet Commerce Association, and Mark […]

]]> By: Dave Zan http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/05/domainnewscom-sign-the-petition-stop-the-snowe-bill/#comment-6048 Dave Zan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:44:46 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/05/domainnewscom-sign-the-petition-stop-the-snowe-bill/#comment-6048 The author of the bill appears to have blogged about it: http://blog.thehill.com/2008/02/29/protect-internet-consumers-from-fraud-and-theft-sen-olympia-snowe The author of the bill appears to have blogged about it:

http://blog.thehill.com/2008/02/29/protect-internet-consumers-from-fraud-and-theft-sen-olympia-snowe

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