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 ."

Comments

Re:Nothin Will Change

[DustMagnet]

Laws are no use; when spam is outlawed, only outlaws will spam.

Actually, that's why I want laws. Laws are useful, because most spammers believe what they do is both moral and legal. They are hard to stop because there aren't many clear laws. Personally, I think evading spam filters is equivalent to computer trespassing, but I doubt the courts will agree without a law stating that.

When I get spammed by a legit place, I can stop doing business with them (Walgreens, TigerDirect, HotWired, Apple, Microsoft).