German Court: "Sharing" Your Amazon Purchases Is Spamming (reuters.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A court in Germany has ruled that the 'Share' links which Amazon provides to customers directly after making a purchase at the site are unlawful. The "Share" functionality provides buttons which allow the consumer to signal a new purchase via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or email. The court, ratifying an earlier decision made at a lower court, declared that emails initiated via the Share function constitute "unsolicited advertising and unreasonable harassment."

Comments

Interesting post, thanks

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks for the post, I'll have to check it out.

Re:Seems like freedom of speech to me

[penguinoid]

I couldn't agree more. In fact, there's a petition to prevent people from sending one-click spam to other people. Click here to sign it. It will automatically detect who your representative is from your IP address and send him a letter.