Supreme Court Lets Virginia Anti-Spam Law Die

SpuriousLogic sends in a CNN report that begins "The Supreme Court has passed up a chance to examine how far states can go to restrict unsolicited e-mails in efforts to block spammers from bombarding computer users. The high court without comment Monday rejected Virginia's appeal to keep its Computer Crimes Act in place. It was one of the toughest laws of its kind in the nation, the only one to ban noncommercial — as well as commercial — spam e-mail to consumers in that state. The justices' refusal to intervene also means the conviction of prolific commercial spammer Jeremy Jaynes will not be reinstated." Jaynes remains behind bars because of a federal securities fraud conviction unrelated to the matter of spamming.

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Re:Supreme Court doesn't rule on everything

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>>>I get unsolicited Mexican spam several times a week

We were discussing a phone call from a politician. Your example, although entertaining, is non-relevant to phonecalls from political parties. In that case, a volunteer made a bad assumption that the homeowner was Spanish. The simple solution would have been to say, "Sorry I only speak English," to the political volunteer rather than throw a temper tantrum about it, and refuse to vote for said party. (Again: Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.) Refusing to vote because of that trivial thing is childish IMHO.