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Michigan Enforces Do-Not-Email Registry Law
elanghe writes "The Michigan Attorney General filed suit against two companies sending adult-oriented email messages to the state's children, in violation of the Michigan Children's Protection Registry. A similar law in Utah is being challenged by the porn industry. While the FTC, influenced by the Direct Marketing Association, rejected the idea of a do-not-email registry, have these two states proven anti-spam laws like these — unlike CAN-SPAM — really have teeth?" -
Michigan Governor Signs Anti-Spam Bill
mrtaco01 writes "Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed today a law billed as the 'toughest in the nation' against spam. It makes it law in Michigan that all unsolicited email contain 'ADV:' as the first four characters in an email, contain contact information and a way to opt-out of subsequent mailings. Violations are subject to a $10,000 fine. The press release announcing the new law is found here. It will be interesting as to how this law has any effect on laws in other states or even possibly a federal anti-spam law. It will be more interesting to how well the State enforces this,or how it will be enforced." -
Michigan's Proposed Spam Law Called Toughest In U.S.
goats_in_boats writes "A new bill (PDF or HTML) was presented to the Governor of Michigan that would require spam sent to residents of the State to be identified as such. Highlights include the requirement that unsolicited email 'Include in the e-mail subject line "ADV:" as the first 4 characters' and that 'a person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.' An article in the Detroit Free Press calls the bill 'the most stringent anti-spam law in the nation.'"