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Michigan Enforces Do-Not-Email Registry Law

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the think-of-the-children dept.

elanghe writes "The Michigan Attorney General filed suit against two companies sending adult-oriented email messages to the state's children, in violation of the Michigan Children's Protection Registry. A similar law in Utah is being challenged by the porn industry. While the FTC, influenced by the Direct Marketing Association, rejected the idea of a do-not-email registry, have these two states proven anti-spam laws like these — unlike CAN-SPAM — really have teeth?"

6 of 133 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The Love of Money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take some porn and go to your downtown local metropolis. Now hand out those pornographic pictures to everyone, young and old alike. See how long you can do that until you're arrested.

    Point well taken, but have you been to Las Vegas lately :).

  2. Will someone please think of the children.... by B11 · · Score: 1, Funny

    oh wait

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  3. Re:Been to Las Vegas lately? by AndersOSU · · Score: 2, Funny

    And i just collected a Miss Veluptia - she had 450 homeruns last season.

    I'm looking to complete the set, so if anyone has Foxy Downtown let me know, I'd be willing to trade.

  4. Trading cards by krell · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I'm looking to complete the set, so if anyone has Foxy Downtown let me know, I'd be willing to trade."

    You need to hook up with other collectors to play the game "Gasmic: The Gathering". You'll get a lot more cards that way.

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  5. Re:Michigan residents will get pounded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What's Michigan going to do? Extradite the Russian mafia? Apparently you are not familiar with the Michigan Militia...

  6. Michigan AG's name... by SwedeGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me or is there some irony in the Michigan AG's name being Mike Cox. Seems like we should also be protecting our children from inapproriate material by leaving his name out of the news reports!