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Porn Firms Spanked for Spam

Posted by timothy on from the will-spank-for-food dept.

Petersko writes "Five pornography companies have agreed to pay $1.16 million in fines for sending spam e-mail without a warning that it contains sexually explicit material, U.S. regulators said Wednesday."

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  1. Thank you sir, may I have another! by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Porn Firms Spanked for Spam"

    And they liked it.

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    Pretty Pictures!
  2. Good thing it wasn't Utah or Minnesota by Seumas · · Score: 4, Funny

    These guys are getting off with a slap on the wrist considering the erection of new laws in certain states. They easily could have gotten a stiffer penalty and possibly done some hard time. Perhaps this will convince them to pull out of the spam game, though.