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Missouri files spam suit under new law

October 10, 2003 As efforts increase to crush spammers with legislation, Missouri's attorney general puts the state's new antispam law to the test with lawsuits against two alleged violators. TAGS: Missouri, anti-spam, antispam law, attorney general, law, penalty, spam, lawsuit, state, Florida, Internet Service Provider, e-mail

Antispam law ruled unconstitutional

December 15, 2004 Judge says Maryland law unduly interferes with interstate commerce. Attorney for alleged spammer says view could spread to other states. TAGS: Maryland, commerce, law, Vermont, anti-spam, state, lawsuit, Judge, New York, e-mail

Court knocks back challenge to spam ruling

June 30, 2004 Washington appeals panel upholds a ruling against an Oregon businessman found to have violated the state's tough antispam law. TAGS: antispam law, subject line, anti-spam, Washington, appeals court, CAN-SPAM Act, Oregon, state, domain name, lawsuit, law, Time Warner Inc., message, e-mail

Can-Spam didn't, survey says

December 30, 2004 A survey due out Monday will report that the federal antispam law did little to deter spammers. TAGS: MX Logic Inc., CAN-SPAM Act, antispam company, anti-spam, survey, spam, law, service provider, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Study: Spammers turning blind eye to the law

February 10, 2004 Only a fraction of the unsolicited e-mail slipping into in-boxes complies with a federal antispam law, according to research from a spam-filtering specialist. TAGS: MX Logic Inc., spam filtering, anti-spam, Brightmail Inc., CAN-SPAM Act, law, spam, chief technology officer, e-mail

House passes antispam bill

November 22, 2003 The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves antispam legislation that could end more than six years of failed attempts to create a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-... TAGS: antispam bill, anti-spam, CAN-SPAM Act, federal law, bill, law, legislator, recipient, junk e-mail, measure, attempt, e-mail, California

Unexpected twists in Internet law

December 23, 2003 Legal analyst Doug Isenberg finds that the last year in Internet law was marked by a common theme: surprise. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, law, spam, anti-spam, RIAA, Internet Service Provider, e-mail

Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer

November 28, 2006 Precedent-setting decision says travel agency that sent repeated cruise-vacation e-mails is protected by federal Can-Spam Act. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Oklahoma, anti-spam, law, spammer, vacation, spam, domain name, professor, e-mail, CEO

FTC proposes adult spam labels

January 29, 2004 The Federal Trade Commission says there should be a mandatory "Sexually-Explicit-Content" tag for e-mail that contains pornographic material. TAGS: label, CAN-SPAM Act, law, commission, anti-spam, rule, e-mail, agency, message, security

It's not called 'Can' Spam for nothing

December 16, 2003 Antispam technologist Ray Everett-Church says the new congressional legislation entirely misses the core issue. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, spam, marketer, law, e-mail, anti-spam, e-mail address

California spam law may face court challenge

September 25, 2003 A broadly worded ban on unsolicited commercial e-mail could prove vulnerable to challenges on interstate commerce and First Amendment grounds, legal experts say. TAGS: Do-Not-Call, antispam law, Gray Davis, anti-spam, California, spammer, law, First Amendment, e-mail address, challenge, e-mail, U.S.

Federal law aims to squelch spam

December 16, 2003 roundup Backers say Can-Spam puts junk e-mailers on notice, but critics say spammers will hardly notice. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, spam, critic, Virginia, anti-spam, law, e-mail

Ad groups lobby for antispam law

November 13, 2003 Three influential trade groups are pushing Congress to pass a federal spam law before the holidays, cautioning that without it, unwanted e-mail will hamper e-commerce. TAGS: Debra Bowen, antispam law, anti-spam, trade group, e-commerce, letter, law, spam, California, e-mail, Internet Service Provider

California 'disempowered' by federal spam law

January 22, 2004 State Attorney General Bill Lockyer says California will have less protection against spammers under a new federal antispam law that recently superceded a stricter state law. TAGS: Bill Lockyer, antispam law, anti-spam, spammer, attorney general, marketer, law, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, attorney, California, office, protection, e-mail

Microsoft sues more alleged spammers

December 2, 2004 Defendants are accused of failing to label sexually explicit e-mails as required by the federal Can-Spam Act. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, defendant, lawsuit, anti-spam, law, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Can-Spam backer to lose top exec

December 18, 2003 The Direct Marketing Association, which helped shape the first U.S. federal antispam law, announces that CEO Robert Wientzen is planning to retire. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, antispam law, anti-spam, law enforcement, sender, spammer, marketer, law, junk e-mail, Sen., exec, U.S., e-mail

Major ISPs unite in spam fight

March 10, 2004 America Online, Microsoft, EarthLink and Yahoo team up to file the first major industry lawsuits under the new federal antispam law. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Ron Wyden, spammer, defendant, Internet Service Provider, spam, law, EarthLink Inc., lawsuit, anti-spam, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., service provider, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., California

Spam deja vu

September 29, 2003 It's time for the tech community to realize that turning to the federal government for help in dealing with unsolicited bulk e-mail is simply not productive TAGS: spam, America Online Inc., law, senator, Rep., anti-spam, Washington, e-mail, California, Microsoft Corp.

Charting tactics in the war on spam

June 18, 2003 Christine Gregoire, attorney general from Microsoft's home state of Washington, has some advice for federal lawmakers cooking up spam laws: Don't stifle commerce, and let individuals have their day... TAGS: spammer, spam, legislation, attorney general, law, Washington, legislator, state, advice, nation, e-commerce, anti-spam, Internet Service Provider, solution, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Tech conflicts

March 28, 2003 As the battle for Baghdad heats up, the Web and the wireless industry find themselves in the combat zone. TAGS: Baghdad, fax, anti-spam, spam, MSN Hotmail, First Amendment, Week in review, Iraq, battle, law, court, Web service, message, cell phone, e-mail, U.S.
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