Re: [anti-spam-wg@localhost] Contacts

["Dr. Jeffrey Race" <]

bOn Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:46:22 +0100, leo vegoda wrote:

>Who will investigate and admonish? What legal authority will they have?
>Who will give them this authority? In which jurisdictions will the
>authority be valid?

The universal rule proposed is that anyone controlling Internet 
Resources (as defined, I welcome improvements) is responsible for
preventing their abuse and sanctioning those who abuse by withdrawal
of the resources.  (Same principle as "If you damage the car again
I am taking away the keys".)  The issue of legal authority does not
arise except in the sense that no one is permitted to commit torts.
Anyone who commits a tort must suffer a sanction.  We apply to the
Internet the same rule that exists in society at large.  

Please read the (early) draft proposal at
<www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt> 

and offer comments for improvement.  

No need to comment "this is going to be a burden on (fill in name)" as
that is the point: to move the burden from the victims to the
perps and their enablers.

Jeffrey Race