Sweden Goes Spam-Friendly

CM writes: "The Swedish Parliament has passed a law coming into effect on May 1 that allows sending UCE to any address, unless it's on a specific opt-out list. This opt-out list hasn't been set up yet and will only be effective in Sweden. It will also be availible to anyone, so being on it will probably just increase the amount of spam one receives (from companies not in Sweden). The full law text and parliamentary debate can be viewed (Swedish only, sorry) at link The decision was actually taken on March 23 and is an adoption of an EU law. Some other EU-countries have instead chosen the other alternative proposed by EU, which disallows spam sent to anyone who hasn't explicitly allowed it (opt-in). "