FTC Defines Spam

Posted by michael on Friday December 17, 2004 @12:20PM from the rated-k-for-know-it-when-i-see-it dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "The FTC has just issued its final report on how it will define Spam with regards to the federal CAN-SPAM act. According to the FTC, bulk e-mail is commercial if it includes advertising and promotion or if the subject line or beginning of the message would be reasonably considered to be advertising or promotion. This is very similar to the proposed rules that were announced back in August. The modified rules also deal with the issues of transactional messages (an e-mail regarding an order that also includes advertising) and relationship-based e-mail (messages about product updates, etc)."

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Definition Leads to Regulation? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-17 12:28 · Score: 0, Redundant

The definition of spam by the FTC should lead to tough enforcement since the government cannot enforce regulations governing something that is poorly defined. However, the essential problem remains. Namely, most spam comes from China. How does the American government expect to enforce its laws in China?
When was the last time that American police arrested a Chinese thug for torturing a Tibetan child? See what I mean?