Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, I have been working feveriously the last few months to add a supplemental income to help support my family. After months of research and preparation, I am about to launch an Affiliate marketing web site for selling speciality shoes. Now I find out that this Act may by applied in ways outside it's intent and would render much of my business model impotent, and worse, open my family up to liability or inadvertant lawbreaking. This Act could stifle legitimate home based business entrepeneurs like myself. So much for "The American Dream" This sounds too much like "Big Brother". While I applaud your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited bulk email, I am concerned about the proposed requirement for merchants to maintain suppression lists. There are so many problems and costs associated with this idea, and so much damage done to consumers and businesses alike, that I feel I must urge you to consider this matter most carefully. Requirement of the use of suppression lists will seriously damage many of the legitimate publications available on the net. My specific concern is for harm to publishers who require permission from the consumer prior to adding them to any list. They're not who CAN-SPAM was designed to put out of business, but this requirement will very likely have that effect. There's also the potential for significant harm to consumers, because of the problem of properly knowing their intent when they unsubscribe from a list. On top of that, these suppression lists could easily fall into the hands of spammers, leading to more spam instead of less. I was quite surprised at the potential problems this ruling could involve, and urge you in the strongest possible terms to reconsider its implementation in light of these problems, Respectfully, Paul Myers Crystal Lake, IL