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                Date: 1999-07-13
                 
                 
                IDG.net über AntiSpam Campaign in AT
                
                 
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      Die concertirte Aktion in AT für ein Spam/verbot findet auch  
jenseits des Atlantik Aufmerksamkeit. Itzo müsste halt  
darauf geschaut werden, dass der fünf/Parteien/konsens  
tatsächlich zu 1em Entschliessungsantrag führt. 
 
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Austria proposes spam ban by Mary Lisbeth D'Amico, IDG  
News Service\Munich Bureau July 12, 1999  
 
MUNICH (07/12/99) - Taking one of the toughest stands in  
Europe against spam, Austria has made a proposal which, if  
passed, will make it illegal to send users electronic mail  
without their specific consent. 
 
With support from all five Austrian political parties, Austria's  
Justice Commission last week recommended that the  
Austrian Parliament amend the country's  
Telecommunications Law to forbid spam, or unsolicited e- 
mail. The changes would make it illegal to send e-mail  
without the specific consent of users, and would impose fines  
on those who disobey the law. 
 
The move came after intense lobbying efforts from groups  
representing both users and Internet service providers in  
Austria. The users earlier in the month sent an open letter to  
the Justice Commission, asking members of the working  
group to extend the same restrictions to e-mail that apply in  
Austria to faxes and telephone calls, which are forbidden  
without the consent of the user. 
 
The signatories included the service providers' group Internet  
Service Providers Austria (ISPA), Vibe (Austrian Internet  
users group), as well as Eurocauce, a European anti-spam  
lobby group. 
 
The open letter drew several positive e-mail responses from  
members of the Justice Commission, including Green Party  
member Terezija Stoisits. 
 
Even the lobbyists themselves were taken aback by the  
Justice Commission's decision last week, however. "We  
were surprised ourselves," said Ingo Liessegang, president of  
Vibe. 
 
The hope is that this proposal will also send a signal to the  
European Union, Liessegang said. 
 
So far, the European Union has taken a more conservative  
approach to spam. In May, the European Parliament upheld  
the original text of a European Commission proposal that  
gives consumers the right to opt out of receiving unsolicited e- 
mail, rejecting amendments that would have banned spam.  
 
Nonetheless, Liessegang was cautious. Although it is highly  
unlikely, the Austrian Parliament could reject the Justice  
Commission's recommendation. The topic will probably not  
be addressed in the Parliament before September or  
October, he said.  
 
source 
http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/07/12/AustriaProposesSpamBan.shtml
                   
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published on: 1999-07-13 
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