California Tries Spam Ban

Posted by michael on Tuesday September 23, 2003 @09:44AM from the no-fooling-around dept.

Schlemphfer writes "Spammers have likely received their biggest setback yet, when California governor Gray Davis today signed a bill outlawing all unsolicited email sent to and from the state. Two things about this new law stand out: first, it puts the burden on senders to prove that they are sending solicited email. Second, it bans the entire practice of spamming, with no loopholes at all like allowing messages with ADV: in the subject. Keep in mind California has the world's fifth largest economy, and they are planning to enforce the law with fines amounting to $1000 per each piece of spam. This law could be ruinous to spammers when it takes effect January 1st."

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Strong enough for a man... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-23 09:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But made for a Californian...

SPAM BAN.

Sounds like deoderant, doesn't it?
Give it up Gray! by AKAImBatman · 2003-09-23 09:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This won't work! Besides the fact that this law is likely to spell ABUSE with a capital A, it won't help Gray get re-elected. Does he really think that people are going to vote for him again after he single handedly bankrupt California?

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