Maryland Declares Anti-Spam Law Unconstitutional

acidradio writes "The Maryland Supreme Court has ruled that fining a spam mailer in New York is unconstitutional as it tries to control commerce outside Maryland's borders."

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Great. Just great.

[lunarscape]

I live in Maryland, work in Maryland, and I went to college in Maryland. It was while I attended college that I started to use this law to sue unsolicited commercial e-mailers. The basis for my claims were quite simple: The junk e-mailer sent their e-mails to my address which ends in my university's .edu address. Simply visiting that .edu website would be enough to determine that this university is located in Maryland. Virtually all of the people I filed suit against were quick to settle.

However, I was very careful to not take on high-profile companies or do anything that might get me noticed because I knew that something like this might happen and the law would be thrown out. Thank you, person who doesn't even live in Maryland, for ruining it for the rest of us.