Congress got down to business yesterday, trying to make sense of two anti-spam bills before it.
In a packed joint hearing, members of two House subcommittees listened to testimony from experts on all sides of the issue, including executives from Microsoft, America Online and Amazon, and seemed to agree on one thing.
“The members were pretty much unanimous in their desire to get some kind of spam bill passed rather than quibbling over details,” said Kenneth Hirschman, vice president and general counsel with Digital Impact.
Hirschman, speaking on behalf of his firm and the Email Service Providers Coalition, testified that he supported legislation but called for a strong safe-harbor provision.
This measure would allow companies that adhere to published standards and accept accountability would not be liable under the law
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