Senate votes against spam

NY Times: Antispam Bill Passes Senate by Voice Vote.

Via Prof. Lessig, CongressDaily reports that Senator Corzine (Dn-NJ) plans on holding up the pro-spam “anti-spam” bill to insist that the FTC at least study the viability of bounties as part of the solution to spam.

From the House side, Silicon Valley lawmakers think Spam bill is a turkey

Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D.-CA) and Mike Honda (D.-CA) said they voted against the landmark anti-spam bill because the legislation is simply not tough enough and that consumers deserve better. Both said they support the stricter standards of their state's recently passed anti-spam law, an opt-in measure that allows individual consumers to sue spammers.

Here, Congress gets to look good, by voting for a bill that is intended to stop spam, which no one likes. But, the bill is severely flawed and will likely be ineffective at best and will probably increase the amount of spam clogging inboxes around the US. (See CAN SPAM Act can't stop spam