[LINK] Govt struggling with spam: Alston

[Howard Lowndes]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Andrew Francis wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:23:49PM +1030, Glen Turner wrote:
> > Some legislative action might be needed.  For example, a legal
> > document (such as a takedown notice to a webmaster) should be
> > considered not delivered if it the recipient can reasonably
> > claim that the e-mail was rejected
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but does e-mail carry any legal weight yet?
>
> Given that delivery is unverifiable, I don't think it should. Takedown
> notices, IMO, should be sent by registered mail to a contact
> address on the webpage, or if none exists, then to the contact
> address for the domain in the whois database.

Which can be falsified anyway.


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