[lenerdenator]

There are currently a lot of people in the upper echelons of our society who repeatedly and vigorously abuse the high-trust digital world.

We based all of this on gentlemen's agreements and handshakes. That let quite a few people get only very wealthy, instead of hyper-wealthy. Thus those agreements have to be shredded.

AP mentions this in the link:

> Section 227(g)(4). Enforcement. Statutory damages of not less than $500 per server request made in violation of this section, consistent with the per-violation damages established under the original Act for unsolicited facsimile transmissions.

While this is at least something, it's not going to dissuade a startup from doing this sort of thing. They'll find ways to hide the origin of traffic, or just soak up the costs with more VC money.

You need to start throwing people in prison for long periods of time (10+ years) for this sort of thing to stick.