Spam Mania - Would you like to ruin a business? - Guilty Till Proven Innocent!

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<h1>Spam Mania - Would you like to ruin a business? - Guilty Till Proven Innocent!</h1><p> <br /><br /> I felt compelled to write this article after a recent bad<br /><br /> experience of my own. Spam vigilantes abound on the internet and<br /><br /> unfortunately a right which every person should have in<br /><br /> civilised democracies - in fact a basic human right - does not<br /><br /> exist in relation to spam and spam complaints. This vigilante<br /><br /> activity would not be tolerated offline - normally one cannot<br /><br /> simply take the law into one's own hands but it seems this has<br /><br /> become acceptable online. However below I do recommend a<br /><br /> solution and an association which can help you.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY<br /><br /> <br /><br /> And yes that is in capitals to shout at you - that is the single<br /><br /> most important thing in any legal system. Also here is one more:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> IT IS BETTER TO LET 99 GUILTY PEOPLE GO FREE RATHER THAN CONVICT<br /><br /> ONE INNOCENT PERSON<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If you bear these 2 principles in mind you will treat everyone<br /><br /> else fairly and be treated fairly yourself. You get back 10<br /><br /> times in life what you give to others - just not necessarily<br /><br /> from the same people that you give to.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Now the problem on the internet is that spam has no real precise<br /><br /> definition and it is open to interpretation. What you view as<br /><br /> unsolicited someone else may well appreciate. Now don't get me<br /><br /> wrong, I don't advocate or support spam in any form whatsoever<br /><br /> but I support innocent until proven guilty and a common sense<br /><br /> approach.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> For example you should only send out your newsletter to people<br /><br /> who have requested it and not harvest email addresses from<br /><br /> discussion forums. But what happens when someone forgets they<br /><br /> have subscribed or is just too plain lazy to unsubscribe or<br /><br /> contact you first to discuss the matter? Requiring someone to<br /><br /> confirm their subscription will not protect you if you are<br /><br /> presumed guilty. Many of you will have heard of SpamCop - a self<br /><br /> made spam vigilante, who in my opinion does not act responsibly<br /><br /> or obey the 2 most important principles stated above, which are<br /><br /> necessary for any democracy to operate. Also SpamCop doesn't<br /><br /> care less about small operators and unfairly favours big well<br /><br /> known brand names.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> From Spamcop's definition and comments about spam:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> "In general, email from reputable companies, such as Microsoft<br /><br /> and Amazon are opt-in, and if you receive email purporting to be<br /><br /> from a company you would Normally consider being legitimate, you<br /><br /> should consider carefully the possibility that you did agree to<br /><br /> receive it some time in the past. If you are sure You did not,<br /><br /> then it may be someone attempting to appear to be a<br /><br /> representative of the company in question, but who actually does<br /><br /> not have the consent of the company. Once in a while, a large,<br /><br /> otherwise reputable organization will "accidentally" send out<br /><br /> some unsolicited email. The main domain-name registry, Network<br /><br /> Solutions, is a notable example of this. It has in the past sent<br /><br /> outright spam and has been widely criticized for this action<br /><br /> among spam-fighters. In any case, if you are sure that you did<br /><br /> not request the email, then you are well within your rights to<br /><br /> report it as spam."<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Just because you think you didn't request it does not mean the<br /><br /> person is guilty of spam. Then again maybe you have the right to<br /><br /> be judge, jury and executioner :-><br /><br /> <br /><br /> So if you can afford to spend millions, make a loss and develop<br /><br /> your name, SpamCop thinks you are then innocent until proven<br /><br /> guilty but if you are poor and like most of us you are guilty -<br /><br /> talk about justice for the Rich only.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> I want you to think carefully - and then think again - and then<br /><br /> sleep on it - before you report someone for spam. Their<br /><br /> business, their very future, and the income they use to support<br /><br /> their family is at stake. I am not being melodramatic as you<br /><br /> will see when I tell you my personal story now.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Recently I changed distribution sources for sending out my<br /><br /> ezine. I did not trust my ezine in the hands of anyone else and<br /><br /> my previous system was unreliable so I now use a system on my<br /><br /> own domain. However I had a problem exporting the subscribers<br /><br /> from my previous service. I therefore had to use copies of<br /><br /> subscription request emails that I had on my computer. I knew<br /><br /> that this meant I would be importing some people who had already<br /><br /> unsubscribed. However I gave a full explanation in my ezine and<br /><br /> a surprise gift when people unsubscribed to make up for it.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> However obviously some people weren't content with my humble<br /><br /> apology and explanation. I was reported to SpamCop. Did Spamcop<br /><br /> contact me first to discuss the matter? Did they tell me who the<br /><br /> complainer was (a well known principle of all justice systems<br /><br /> also where an accused has the right to confront their accuser)?<br /><br /> Did they even think this ezine may have been opt in and do<br /><br /> nothing? No on all counts!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Spamcop contacted the hosting upline that my site was on and a<br /><br /> little while later sent me an email. I won't reveal the host<br /><br /> here as that may prevent this article getting published (as lots<br /><br /> of you are probably hosted on them) but the host didn't bother<br /><br /> contacting me either, they just closed my domain instantly. Did<br /><br /> they assume I might be innocent either? No! I only found out<br /><br /> when I went to check my site - you should do this regularly.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Eventually I resolved the matter with the hosting upline but<br /><br /> throughout this whole process I was a condemned man - convicted<br /><br /> and sentenced to death without even getting a hearing first -<br /><br /> let alone a fair one. For heavens sake, even some third world<br /><br /> dictatorships pretend to have a fair trial - not even that<br /><br /> happened here.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> So a complaint was made to Spamcop - they accepted it without<br /><br /> question - heh, after all I'm not a big name and even if the<br /><br /> person forgets they have subscribed Spamcop says that is still<br /><br /> spam - and then my website went down.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Now I was lucky - I don't scare too easily and I don't give up a<br /><br /> fight. However I admit this episode was terrifying and caused me<br /><br /> lost sleep. It also made me realise how fragile your business<br /><br /> can be and how we must all fight against such hysteria - we must<br /><br /> remain innocent until proven guilty.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Personally if I reported spam I would want it investigated and<br /><br /> both sides given a chance to explain themselves before any<br /><br /> action was taken. I don't think this is too much to ask do you?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> So please think very carefully before reporting spam and contact<br /><br /> the person who sent the email first to discuss the matter.<br /><br /> Remember, if you don't one day you could end up in this sort of<br /><br /> trouble yourself.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> HE WHO LIVES BY THE SWORD DIES BY THE SWORD<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Don't use your sword and simply send off a spam complaint<br /><br /> without thinking. Take it very seriously because the<br /><br /> consequences are ultra serious.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> However all is not gloom and doom. There is an organisation I<br /><br /> have discovered that is fighting back against these self<br /><br /> proclaimed spam vigilantes. E-crucible is a wonderful<br /><br /> organisation which I encourage you all to join for Free and help<br /><br /> them in their mission. Here is their mission statement and<br /><br /> website:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.roibot.com/w.cgi?R18328_ecrucible" target="bago">http://www.roibot.com/w.cgi?R18328_ecrucible</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> e-Crucible, Inc. is committed to returning sanity and<br /><br /> responsibility to the Internet. We feel that the hysteria<br /><br /> regarding the use of what is termed "Unsolicited Commercial<br /><br /> Email" (UCE or "Spam") that is prevalent in the Internet culture<br /><br /> today is unfair, irresponsible and counter- productive to<br /><br /> maintaining the Internet as a free marketplace.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The Internet respects no national boundaries. Therefore, any<br /><br /> policies regarding the Internet will be most effective if made<br /><br /> at the international level. We will advocate for a fair and<br /><br /> reasonable INTERNATIONAL policy regarding "Unsolicited<br /><br /> Commercial Email" (UCE or "Spam") and its fair enforcement by<br /><br /> all Internet Service Providers.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> We are commited to opposing by any ethical, political, and legal<br /><br /> means available the vigilante activities of "anti- Spam"<br /><br /> fanatics and the unfair and unjust handling of "Spam" complaints<br /><br /> by certain Internet Service Providers.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The Internet is the greatest tool for freedom in the history of<br /><br /> mankind. e-Crucible believes in maintaining the Internet as a<br /><br /> free marketplace for the exchange of ideas, products and<br /><br /> services.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> I highly commend E-crucible to you and urge you to join their<br /><br /> email discussion list to discuss these matters here:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> mailto:<a href="mailto:e-crucible-subscribe@topica.com" target="bago">e-crucible-subscribe@topica.com</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> You might not think you will have your life ruined by a spam<br /><br /> complaint but believe me, it can happen. I am not ruined myself,<br /><br /> but I will personally fight to bring some sanity back to the<br /><br /> spam debate. I hope you will support our cause and bring<br /><br /> fairness and democracy back to the internet. Remember, we should<br /><br /> all be innocent until proven guilty.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> More <a href="http://www.articlesroom.com">free articles</a> from <a href="http://www.articlesroom.com">http://www.articlesroom.com</a>

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