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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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You know what I'm looking forward to by IncarnadineConor · 2004-12-01 05:18 · Score: 0, Troll

Is when someone posts that stupid pre made form where they check off the boxes as to why this won't work. I can't wait for that one.
Cocktail Fruit by Formula420 · 2004-12-01 05:26 · Score: -1, Troll

How many visit from Nasty Nate does that equate to per e-mail?
Re:Thanks! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-01 05:27 · Score: -1, Troll

With FF, "All your software base are belong to us". And for what it's worth, FF does not block all pop-ups anymore than the new IE does, but since this is /. you are brainwashed and mandated to use it.
If jail is the answer, it was a stupid question by swingkid · 2004-12-01 05:47 · Score: 0, Troll

We need to STOP putting so many people in jail for non-violent crimes. How many people's lives would be spared, how many tax dollars saved, if we reformed our prison system?