[H]ardNews 6th Edition

Spam Bounty Hunters?

The FTC is mulling over a “bounty system” to catch spammers. Turning in or catching a spammer would net you a percentage of the civil penalty levied by the courts. I think they should take it one step further and mold the whole process after the show America’s Most Wanted. Now that’s be funny!

With no indication that a six-month-old federal spam law is lowering the tide of unwanted commercial e-mail, the Federal Trade Commission is considering a new approach that would put spammers in the same category as coyotes, rats and nutria by putting a bounty on their heads.