Spamunsolicited, unwanted commercial communication, especially in bulk formis increasingly included in the areas of concern and regulation of governments worldwide. Unfortunately, this recognized and exponentially growing menace has not yet met its regulatory match. Piecemeal controls, lack of international cooperation, and the absence of an overall policy on combating patently intrusive and unwanted messages in all channels of communication hamper the struggle. The present volume contains eleven national reports, together with a general report, on this major problem that is presently burdening and distorting communications through the Internet. Most of the reports were presented at the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comp
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