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Re: [OT] - Spam under israeli law





Baruch Even wrote:

> 
> I have no format law expertise, but usually a law can be interpreted,
> the simple interpretation of that section in the law will apply ONLY to
> faximilie machines as it says specifically that it applies to fax
> machines and doesn't refer to computer methods.
> 
> However, laws can also be interpreted in a broad way, as long as they
> are interpreted "in the spirit of the law", that is to include
> everything the law intended to include and not just what it said to
> include.

IANAL, but in the case before us you don't need to broadly interpret the 
law at all: a computer sending / receiving email * is a fax machine * 
for all intent and purposes: The fact that your fax happens to use the 
IETF SMTP protocol rather then the ITU T.30 protocol shouldn't matter, 
just as a fax machine that uses ITU T.38 (fax over IP) protocol rather 
then ITU T.30 is still a fax machine.

Gilad.



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