Re: [ga] Texas Goes After Student Spammer. To bad we can't say the same for ICANN.

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

 It seems as though you misread or misinterpreted my comments/remarks.
I am certainly NOT suggesting that ICANN become "cyber police" of
any sort.  To suggest that my comments/remarks suggest such is
unreasonable, unfounded, and contrary.  Rather ICANN as I did
suggest, isn't doing it's part to address spam as recent news articles
clearly and in some detail accurately point out.  However as a
government contracted agent, which you have many times pointed
out, does have a special responsibility to those in which it serves
as such a government "Agent".  One of which should be to step
up to the plate and "Take a bite out of crime".  After all ICANN
is legally and to a very great degree specifically suited to addressing
spam directly, rather than sitting on it's hands...  As such ICANN is
doing the public/stakeholders/users a great disservice by being
lack luster in it's efforts to reduce and/or squelch spam...

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>    I pay taxes, when required. I support my local and federal law
> enforcement. I did my time helping to prosecute bad elements with
> different attorney generals. I think every citizen should assist and
> certainly not hinder the authorities in doing their job.
> But there ain't no way ICANN should be involved with the prosecution
> or enforcement of criminal statutes, ordinances or regulations. They
> are not even sworn in to uphold the law. Most of the board are from
> differing countries. They have neither the support nor the mandate to
> enforce laws. How can a rational person be against them collecting a
> tax and yet for them becoming cyber police? I can hardly wait until a
> supporter of ICANN as police and peoples' attorney is served by a
> warrant to search his home issued by Twomey or Esther. Jeff you are
> way off the mark here.
>
> Eric
>
> Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users,
>
> Count Texas in the growing list of states fighting spammers with
> CAN-SPAM. [0]Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed the
> lawsuits today, [1]charging a University of Texas student
> (and a cohort in California) with sending out millions of unsolicited
> commercial emails under the pseudonyms PayPerAction and
> Leadplex, among others. [2]Spamhaus rates PayPerAction
> the #4 spammers in the world.
>
> Let me be the first to thank our Atty. Gen. for doing his
> duty and aiding in the fight against spam. I hope this will
> stand as a shining example of how other government
> agencies and their contracted agents such as ICANN
> of how and what to do. However with ICANN I am
> not holding my breath...
>
> Links:
> 0. http://oag.state.tx.us/
> 1.
> http://news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=129116
> 2. http://www.spamhaus.org/

Regards,

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