Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 15 November 2007 07:47 : \____
>
>> High Plains Thumper <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> EU cracks down on fake blogger astroturfing
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> But back to the web, and with sneaky marketing campaigns
>>>> likely to be more effective than upfront marketing campaigns,
>>>> what is stopping companies from simply risking it and
>>>> continuing existing practices?
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/03/eu_flogging_ban/
>>>
>>> I am glad that finally someone is doing something about what
>>> IMHO, seems to be false or misleading advertising, AKA a form of
>>> comment spamming.
>>>
>>> It seems that more and more, EU is taking the lead on issues that
>>> other countries (US included) should have been doing regarding
>>> legal, moral issues.
>>>
>>
>> This is a good thing, in fact, anything which addresses this practice is
>> a good thing. It could make the cleanup of cola rather more effective
>> in the long-run, too...
>
> It remains to be seen how the EU will identify the crooks. They need access to
> server logs and the shills (like Gary Stewart) use zombie PCs around the
> world, as well as multiple identities. Seems like an impossible task.
>
As Windows is removed from the net, the availability of Zombie machines
will reduce. Abuses of anonymisers can also be stamped out - just look
at how Cola was removed from a certain anonymous newserver.
The really sad thing is that for those people who genuinely do need
anonymous access to things, people like Gary Stewart will, in the end,
make sure that they cannot have it. Why? To serve their corporate
masters...
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