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WA Legislature Makes It Easier To Sue Spammers

Posted by timothy on from the model-legislation dept.

jhylkema writes "According to the Seattle P-I, the Washington state legislature has unanimously passed a bill that makes it easier for spammers to be sued for $500 per message by allowing them to be sued in district ("the people's") court. This should put an end to the many problems that potential spam litigants have faced here. You can email Governor Locke here and ask him to sign it into law."

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  1. What's needed by Sandman1971 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What's needed is not only the capability of suing the spammer, but also suing the business which hired the spammer in the first place (which is much easier to find than the spammer him/herself). This way, it would discourage companies from hiring spammers, since they themselves would be liable.

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