On Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:24:57 -0700 you wrote:
 
>What happens if someone takes the telephone and does the equivalent of a
>spam?  What if they hooked the phone to their pc, and had it dial number
>after number, and play some kind of recording to each person that answered?
>To promote whatever drivel they have.  What if they targetted a specific
>group, like Jews (for example if they got a phone number list from a
>local synagogue) and send them all voice calls about how the holocaust never
>happened... what are the consequences there?  It seems to me that if the
>situations are similar, the results should be similar.  I don't know much
>about these kind of laws but there ought to be some kind of harrassment
>laws out there...
>
>Kevin
>
 
Depending on the jurisdiction involved, disseminating
hate-mail/sexually explicit material/etc over the phone lines is a
criminal activity, whether for profit or not.
 
However, do you want the civil authorities involved in regulating the
Net?
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