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Spamming Gets Expensive in Utah and Ohio

Posted by michael on from the spiced-ham-still-pretty-cheap-though dept.

bradipo writes "A large number of lawsuits have been filed against companies that have not complied with the anti-spam statute in Utah. I'm not sure how this will turn out, but it should be interesting nonetheless." And reader spoton writes "The governor of Ohio has signed into law a bill that allows internet subscribers to sue for up to $50,000 and ISP's for up to $500,000. It allows you to sue for $100 per email + court and lawyer fees incurred. Looks like the cost of spamming is going up."

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  1. Curious as to what the laws are in YOUR state? by johnthorensen · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.spamlaws.com/state/

  2. libility and finding the bastards by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    only problem with this is that finding the source of the spam and actually holding them accountable will likely be a big problem.

    also - who is truely responsible for the *sending* of the email e.g: the guy who was on /. a while ago about making such a great living at being a spammer etc - he provides a service to people who want to send out shitloads of spam. Under this law - who is liable for the spam - the _sender_ or the _client_ of the service?

    so - if you go after spammers and you find that the email you are getting comes from someone like this said spammer guy, do you have the legal right to demand client info from him - and can you sue both him (sender) and his client for 100/email each (totalling 200/email)

    the other isue is the time it will take to try to track down these people when you have false headers etc.. and when they are in china or some such country where it would be hopeless to track them....