[anti-abuse-wg] Economic incentives for more cooperation in fighting spam (new article on RIPE Labs)
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Michele Neylon :: Blacknight
michele at blacknight.ie
Thu Jul 8 10:56:15 CEST 2010
On 8 Jul 2010, at 09:16, Richard Cox wrote: > Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie> wrote: > >> At RIPE 55 it was agreed by the community that to focus on spam at this >> point was the wrong way to tackle the problem and so the group changed, >> both in name and charter, to become what it is now. I do not believe >> there is any strong feeling in the community to reverse that decision, >> nor do I think there is any organisational or technical reason to do so. > > I fully endorse that view, and everything else Brian wrote. > >> The RIPE NCC has members, but the RIPE community, of which the AA-WG >> is a part has none. I suspect "participants" is the best word to use. > > I think what Peter meant there, was Internet users in the RIPE service > region. Of which "participants" are, sadly, no more than a small subset. > > The point of the name-change was that we can no longer separate "pure" > spam from the many other abusive activities that are needed to enable it, > while spam itself is the conduit for other abusive and criminal activity. > In other words, e-crime and abuse has become a self-sustaining eco-system. Very true Abuse of all types is interconnected. Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection ICANN Accredited Registrar http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.mobi/ http://mneylon.tel Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 US: 213-233-1612 UK: 0844 484 9361 Locall: 1850 929 929 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845
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