I'd like to correct a fundamental misstatement by Jason Magder in his piece on Canada's Anti-spam law, CASL. ("New anti-spam law 'good news' for public," Aug. 31).
Yes, certainly, there is a lot of foreign language spam that comes into our inboxes. Yes, there are Russian crime syndicates that control drug and body-part enhancement spam. But don't kid yourself that they do not have affiliates here in North America. Don't think for a minute that there are not hosting companies that have been turning a blind eye to the presence of massive spam rings, in light of the large amount of money criminals flash at them. And don't think for a minute some very large well-known brand-name companies don't spam. They do.
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