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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. Re:Have agreed to pay.... by DA-MAN · · Score: 2, Informative

    Have agreed to pay? They get a choice?

    Yes, they can pay the fine OR they can pay a lawyer, go to court, and lose the cost of the lawyer + cost of fine + court costs + incurred penalties.

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