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Spammers Lose Court Battle Against Univ. of Texas

Posted by timothy on from the eyes-of-texas-aren't-upon-you dept.

voma writes "The University of Texas didn't violate the constitutional rights of an online dating service when it blocked thousands of unsolicited e-mails, a federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday. White Buffalo Ventures, which operates LonghornSingles.com, had appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying it had complied with all anti-spam laws."

4 of 288 comments (clear)

  1. Spammer logic by dazed-n-confused · · Score: 5, Informative

    The spammers "legally obtained the email addresses from the University" via an open records request for a list of utex.edu email addresses, then pretended that this meant they'd paid for the "right" to spam anyone associated with the University of Texas. More details here: Texas Attorney General's Office.

  2. Re:Devil's Advocate by Kiaser+Wilhelm+II · · Score: 4, Informative

    It should be noted that the privacy notations on student records don't apply to military recuriters (and presumably, other government institutions).

    You can think your congressman for this: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05123/498098.stm

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  3. FoIA is only part of it - FERPA is the rest by csoto · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Family and Educational Right to Privacy Act trumps FoI at public universities. It stipulates rules about disclosure of information that students have stated are to be protected. The University of Texas does a very good job of protecting this data, at least in the groups that I've worked with.

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  4. Re:right to your machine : Wrong analysis by Buran · · Score: 4, Informative

    A phone company is a common carrier. A college/university is not. The phone company is obligated to offer service to everyone. The university is not.

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