Utah's Anti-Spam Law In Action

phondew writes: "Everyone's favorite telco is getting a much deserved lawsuit for their evil ways. The twist is that Sprint had hired a third party to do their dirty work, which is in turn claiming that it only sent to people who opted-in. Of course. AdLaw has the story here, and more information on Utah's Unsolicited Commercial and Sexually Explicit Email Act can be found here ."

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Really funny

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That a judge would consider require a plaintiff to provide a hard drive in such a case is suprising. Especially in the a couple of spam cases that I am familiar with, the judge refused to compel discovery of the email list because to produce that would invade the privacy of the spam victims.