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Previous Politech message: "Larry Lessig bets his job on spam law -- with me as judge?" http://www.politechbot.com/p-04286.html --- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:30:41 -0700 To: declan@well.com From: Lauren Gelman <gelman@stanford.edu> Subject: Will Prof. Lessig Be Forced to Resign? Come Find Out 4/28 Will Professor Lessig be Forced to Resign? Come Find Out! LABEL/BOUNTY SPAM LEGISLATION with Representative Zoe Lofgren Professor Lawrence Lessig CNET Reporter Declan McCullagh Monday April 28, 2003 1:00-2:00 PM Room 290 Stanford Law School Open to All! Background: September 16, 2002 Imagine a law that had two parts-a labeling part and a bounty part. Part A says that any unsolicited commercial e-mail must include in its subject line the tag [ADV:]. Part B says that the first person to track down a spammer violating the labeling requirement will, upon providing proof to the Federal Trade Commission, be entitled to $10,000 to be paid by the spammer." -Larry Lessig CIO Insight Magazine January 1, 2003 Here goes: So (a) if a law like the one I propose is passed on a national level, and (b) it does not substantially reduce the level of spam, then (c) I will resign my job. I get to decide whether (a) is true; Declan can decide whether (b) is true. If (a) and (b) are both true, then I'll do (c) at the end of the following academic year .-http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/ Next Monday, April 28, 2003 at Stanford Law School Representative Zoe Lofgren introduces Label/Bounty SPAM Legislation at SLATA's Pizza with the Profs. Professor Lessig announces whether (a) is true. His nemesis CNET Reporter Declan McCullagh appears to explain how he'll decide whether (b) is true. What about (c)? ___________________ Brought to you by: SLATA- Stanford Law and Technology Association: http://slata.stanford.edu CIS- Center for Internet and Society: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu Directions: http://www.law.stanford.edu/directions.shtml Call-in Information for Press: 800-261-3225 Pass Code: 537986# Press Contact: Ann Dethlefsen, Director, Communications Stanford law School 650- 723-9302 ________________________________________ Internet Law Program, Summer 2003 Stanford Law School June 30 - July 4 http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/ilaw2003 Registration is now open for this summer's Internet Law Program (ILaw) in Stanford, CA, sponsored by the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. On the agenda: recent reforms in intellectual-property systems, privacy versus security on the Net, the changing shape and role of ICANN, "open" versus "proprietary" software systems, regulating pornography, jurisdictional problems, cybercrime, addressing the digital divide, and more. No previous experience with Internet law is necessary to enroll. The program is designed for lawyers, policymakers, business and technology professionals, government and non-profit executives, and journalists who write about technology. International participation is encouraged. Questions? Please contact Harvard's Robyn Mintz at: rmintz@cyber.law.harvard.edu -- Lauren Gelman, Esq. Assistant Director Center for Internet and Society (ph) 650-724-3358 http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------