Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, This whole problem seems to have a very simple solution to me. Since it requires that people must report spam in order for you to even find out about it, people should be required to report the incident (just as you would have to report any other illegal activity) if they receive information they have previously asked not to receive. Then, the matter should be further investigated. We open ourselves up to numerous advertisements everytime we open our browser. If a person has requested information, then they should be responsible for what they give consent to. You should not attack email marketing when affilliates are just doing their job. It would be alot more effective if you put your efforts into teaching individuals to completely read any website they are subscribing to, asking informations from, or buying from. If, during your investigation, you find any affilliate's website/sign up sheet/promotional email to be misleading or munipulative, the affilliate should be be punished accordingly. Not the industry. This way you will be able to single out individuals or groups. Remember, the internet is here for us to become knowledgable and time efficient people. We must learn to look into anything we ask for on the web. Just as it is easier to market products and services by reaching a large amount of people with the internet for affilliates, it is easier to request information and become affilliates for consumers. The bottom line is that affilliates have to ask permission to place someone on their mailing list. Therefore, consumers are responsible for every time they say yes. Unless they were mislead, or munipulated. Truthfully, Azeez Messiah Seattle, WA United States