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Anti-Spam Legislation In Effect

Posted by timothy on from the will-su-u-ok-ppl? dept.

MikeyMars writes "CNN is reporting that the FCC has put out a list of domain names that could potentially be fined $11,000 dollars if they continue to send unsolicited text messages to cell phone users."

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  1. misleading by over_exposed · · Score: 4, Informative

    They could be fined $11,000 per offense, not total.

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    "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." - Patton
  2. unclear by darthpenguin · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article is rather unclear. The main paragraph is:

    The Federal Communications Commission on Monday published a list of domain names to which telemarketers may not send e-mail without permission from cell phone subscribers.

    So, this would make it illegal for people to spam phonenumber@cingular.com (or whatever), it appears, which makes a lot of sense, as many cellular providers are on that list of domains.

    Then it goes on to say "The Federal Communications Commission on Monday published a list of domain names to which telemarketers may not send e-mail without permission from cell phone subscribers.", which implies that cingular.com (as well as all the other listed sites are the ones doing the spamming. So, which is it?

    1. Re:unclear by bigsteve@dstc · · Score: 3, Informative

      I went to the FCC website to find out. It is clear that this is a list of domains to which SPAM must not be sent. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/DomainNameDownload.h tml

  3. you have it totally wrong. by Ajmuller · · Score: 2, Informative

    the list of domain names is a list of domains that spammers can't send email to not a list of spammer domain names. Look at this.
    If spammers send email TO these domains they will get fined 11k, not if they send them from those domains.
    Blah, yet another story slashdot mangled, does noone proofread stories before they go out, or are all the moderators too busy tripping over each other to get the moderator equivlent of "first post".