Spam fighter faces attack on ‘blocklists’
The International Herald Tribune runs what is effectively a profile of Spamhaus and the dispute between them and e360. Spamhaus said last week, “We are working with lawyers to find a way to both appeal the ruling and stop further nonsense by this spammer.” While Linhardt for e360 has “hinted that he could challenge others, conceivably Internet service providers that use Spamhaus’s blacklists. ‘We think what Spamhaus needs to do is follow U.S. law and obey the U.S. courts and judgments. Certainly, our position is that if companies in the U.S. knowingly go around a court order and block our e- mails, then that’s a problem for them, and we urge them not to do it.'” The article notes that “Most European countries require ‘prior consent’ from recipients before a sender can transmit bulk e-mail messages to them. The United States and Japan favor a ‘freedom of commerce’ approach that does not require advance consent but does offer a choice to ‘unsubscribe’ from mass mailings.”
http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/15/business/spam16.php