Aussie Regulator Comes Down On SMS Spam

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @03:31AM from the tastes-like-long-pig dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Communications and Media Authority has commenced legal proceedings in the Federal Court against several local and international companies over allegedly unsolicited SMS spam. It's the first time the regulator has used its powers under the Spam Act to pursue an alleged SMS spammer through the Courts. Other companies have been fined or committed to an 'enforceable undertaking' to avoid this type of action (although these are not without issue). Another firm accused of SMS spam accused the regulator of being overzealous after it received a formal warning. The regulator appears to have instituted a crackdown on the premium mobile content industry in recent months, culminating in this latest action."

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Re:Die Spammers!! by morgan_greywolf · 2009-01-13 03:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Find them guilty and kill them with fire.
No one expects the Spammer Inquisition!

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pay to receive calls? by BrokenHalo · 2009-01-13 05:00 · Score: 5, Informative

For the information of Merkins out there: here in Australia, we don't pay anything to receive calls or SMSs. This only happens when we're roaming internationally, where the cost of calls can be nearly doubled as the telco slugs both caller and callee. Vodafone is a particular case in point.