THREE CHEERS! E-mail Spammers in Italy Face Jail

[Chuckup]

Sending unsolicited junk e-mails in Italy could land spammers in jail for up to three years.
http://www.sitepunch.com/spam.htm

[Caution]

1. hmmm i dont know about you but im thinking large fines

would be in order rather than incarceration. Make the fine large enough and no one will do this. Prison should only be a last resort and since this is a crime of very minor significance (spam is a nuisance, yes it clogs up the bandwidth passing on lots of monetary cost and lost productivity blah blah blah), I don't see how a large fine would be out of line. Our leaders and media have conditioned us to think "Lock em up and throw away the key" without thinking about the consequences of that.

[Chuckup]

2. This is Italy's response

however, the other EU countries will have to adapt their own policy.

It will be interesting to see how this evolves...