AW: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet treaty

[Roland Perry]

In message <E1TmibU-0000Sh-ED at frodo.hserus.net>, at 15:46:21 on Sun, 23 
Dec 2012, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> writes

>Even spammers do have a commercial, though illegal, motive

The police are convinced that all criminality on the 'net is financially 
motivated, but I'm not so sure. But it's a useful point to make that a 
commercial incentive doesn't necessarily mean taking money or 
intellectual property[1] off the recipient in a direct way that they 
either agree with or understand. (ie by selling them something they 
want).

>Whatever operating definition it is needs to be short, crisp and 
>general enough

Agreed.

[1] eg Phishing.
-- 
Roland Perry

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