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Virginia Arrests Man For Spamming

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-drop-the-soap dept.

volpe writes "According to this Yahoo news story, Virginia arrested a North Carolina man for spamming in violation of a new state law. He was arrested Thursday afternoon in Raleigh, NC. The story is pretty fresh, so the news details are still pretty thin."

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  1. Jurisdiction? by junkymailbox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Although based in North Carolina, Virginia is asserting jurisdiction over Jaynes because he sent messages through computers located in the state.

    Roughly 50 percent of the world's Internet traffic passes through Virginia, home to big Internet companies like Time Warner Inc.'s (NYSE:TWX - news) American Online unit and MCI (Other OTC:WCOEQ - news).

    I like this new so called 'state' law.
    Prosecutor: Your spam is illegal. You'll be prosecuted in all 50 states and more on different state crimes since your email traveled through all 50 states.

    Hmm .. on second thought .. this might not be such a good thing for people who actually send emails.

    Prosecutor: Your email allows us to prosecute u at least 50 times minimum.

  2. 20 years?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know we all hate and despise spam, but doesn't a possible 20 years in the clink sound a bit excessive?

    Seems to me that the punishment should fit the crime - in this case, economic penalties (aka, "big fat fines"), and mandatory loss of Internet access would be more appropriate.

  3. Spammers are Terrorists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If someone did as much damage to the phone system as spammers are doing to email, they would be labeled terrorists and imprisoned/executed.