Ohio Law Could Send Spammers To Jail

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Ohio Law Could Send Spammers To Jail

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 1, 2004 @05:14AM from the to-roam-among-their-own-kind dept.

ej0c writes "We in Ohio are set to save you from Spam. The legislature, with AOL's help, passed a tough anti-spam bill (Reuters). Spam in Ohio, and you'll be in the can for 6 months, with fines of $25,000 per violation, or $2 to $8 per e-mail. Text of the Act."

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CAN SPAM? by Robert+Hayden · 2004-12-01 05:16 · Score: 5, Insightful

Doesn't the federal "CAN SPAM" act prevent state laws from taking effect? I thought that was one of the main provisions that kept the new California law (at the time) from happening.
Oh yeah? by swordboy · 2004-12-01 05:16 · Score: 5, Insightful

Well, I do all my spamming from China. Come get me.

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I wonder what provisions it has for someone... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-01 05:17 · Score: 5, Insightful

...who owns a Zombie machine. I hope that was taken into consideration.
A couple of questions by bm17 · 2004-12-01 05:19 · Score: 5, Insightful

1) Does this affect spammers who operate in Ohio but send the spam from outside of the state? Or outside of the country?

2) Does this affect spammers from outside of Ohio who send spam into the state?
enforcement? by ddent · 2004-12-01 05:22 · Score: 5, Insightful

There are already *plenty* of laws under which to prosecute spammers. They simply aren't enforced... The problem is not a lack of laws, it is a lack of resources/motivation/knowledge on the part of law enforcement. I would much rather see a commitment to spend a few million actually *doing* something - and when you consider the drain spammers are on the economy, it would be money well spent.

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