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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?"

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  1. Been to Las Vegas lately? by krell · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Take some porn and go to your downtown local metropolis. Now hand out those pornographic pictures to everyone, young and old alike"

    Have you been to Las Vegas lately? That's exactly what is happening there now. These guys line the streets aggressively handing out what looks like hooker trading cards (really advertisements)

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    Where were you when the voynix came?