[clug] Australian Spam Act 2003
Kim Holburn
kim.holburn at anu.edu.au
Sun Jun 27 03:32:22 GMT 2004
Hi Mikal,
I have had advice from lawyers in the matter of the anti-spam laws and
it is unsettling and I really think it is not that simple. Firstly
most laws aren't much use until they're tested in court and in addition
most lawyers haven't a clue about technology so what you get is bad
legal advice based on bad or non-existant technological understanding
with no precedent to base it on.
This is an area which does interest me mainly because of the absurd
things I have heard about it so far. Perhaps CLUG could explore this
further somehow.
I should also note that I consider the "offending" email quite proper
for this list, in fact to be encouraged and I don't see how there is
any reasonable way of thinking this email broke this law.
Kim
On 2004 Jun 27, , at 10:38 AM, Michael Still wrote:
> Tomasz Ciolek wrote:
>
>> Would it be useful if I made a presentation about current Anti Spam
>> laws
>> in Australia?
>
> I have a policy of only taking legal advice from lawyers. I can't
> answer that question until I know more about your qualifications to
> comment on the subject matter...
>
> Cheers,
> Mikal
>
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Kim Holburn
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National Information and Communication Technology Australia
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