Re: opt-out registry comments

> The cost issue is not going to go anywhere. The state is highly 
> unlikely to provide resources to track down direct marketers (read 
> "spammers" if you will) simply because the individual who lays a 
> complaint has incurred an involuntary expense of a few rand for one 
> particular email or phone call. Very few individuals are going to 
> find the time and effort to attempt a prosecution for any direct 
> marketing approach that was made to them. Nor is an opt-out registry 
> likely to worry about violations of its rules, and nor is any higher 
> body going to police that opt-out registry when it takes little 
> action against violators.

I'm not sure (playing devil's advocate) that the state wouldn't
prosecute spammers if it was established that they are not paying
taxes on a very profitable acitivity.  So adding a value to the
procedure might be an interesting way of bringing the law makers'
attention to this source of income.

++L


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