[anti-abuse-wg] Enabling community self-help?

A lot of antispam laws (eg: australia, canada etc) use the "country
link" concept

If the spam was originated from an IP in australia, paid for by an
australian, **received by an australian**, then australian law has
jurisdiction over it and the competent authority (telecom regulator /
law enforcement) can decide to follow up on the case

So just because spam isn't illegal in, say, romania might be moot


On 3/30/12, Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:32:02PM -0700, Vijay  Eranti (??? ???????????????
>  ???????????????)  wrote:
>> i agree with suresh - ripe has been handing over /15 or even /13 lately to
>> criminals who know how to use high bandwidth pipes to spam like crazy. I
>> am
>
> Are these criminals because a judge said so, or because you do not like
> their business practices?
>
> This is a serious question.
>
> (Don't get me wrong: I'm not defending spammers, but I *do* like the fact
> that the RIPE NCC operates inside the legal framework of the countries
> it's serving)
>
> Gert Doering
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