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Spammer Sentencing Guidelines Released

Posted by timothy on from the nothing-too-much dept.

jfengel writes "The United States Sentencing Commission has issued its guidelines for punishment under the CAN-SPAM act (PDF, beginning on page 155). You can get 5 years for a second offense or if you're spamming for fraud, child porn or other felony, or 1 to 3 years depending on how much spam you send. If Congress doesn't say otherwise, it goes into effect November 1."

2 of 258 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wimpy guidelines.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Actually, that's not such a bad idea. I was thinking something along the lines of making the spammers do this.

  2. Re:2nd offense? by AKnightCowboy · · Score: -1, Troll
    What to you count as an "offense"? I would expect all spammers have sent more than 2 spam messages. Do you have to be caught, let off scott free, and then caught again before anything happens? Sounds like an easy ride to me...

    I'm a little sick and tired of the whining on Slashdot about direct e-mail marketing. These people bring jobs into the industry that would've never existed if they weren't "spamming", as you would say. How many thousands of people across the country owe their jobs to the fight against "spam"? Entire companies whose anti-spam products are sold at substantial profit to businesses would go out of business forcing them to lay off their employees. Do you want that on your head? I certainly don't. I salute you Mr. Direct Bulk E-mailer. Spam on. You truly are a real American hero.