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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I was hoping Ah-nold would terminate spam by Decaffeinated+Jedi · 2003-09-23 09:49 · Score: 0, Redundant

If nothing else, it looks like Governor Davis is making the best of his final days in office.

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ALL "unsolicited mail" == SPAM ? What you think ? by R1ch4rd · 2003-09-23 10:12 · Score: 1, Redundant

I have a problem with the term "unsolicited mail". How can you distinguish between legitimate business propositions ( job seeker, partnership, etc. ) and SPAM ? Shouldn't the law cover this somehow ? Thanks for your input.