What should be the punishment for sending massive amounts of spam?

Asked at Massachusetts Street on June 01, 2007

“Fine them. You have to make the negatives outweigh the positives for them. They're in it for the money, so charge them more than it's worth to keep doing it.”

“They should be banned from using the Internet for the rest of their lives.”

“They should shut down the business sending them, and the people involved should have to serve some jail time instead of a fine, so they can't just pay it and keep doing it. I think the jail sentence would teach them a lesson.”

“They should probably take away their Internet privileges altogether.”