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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: CAN-SPAM Act, MX Logic Inc., antispam company, survey, anti-spam, spam, law, service provider, U.S., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

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, lawsuit, defendant, anti-spam, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Spammers plead guilty after EarthLink probe

October 3, 2006 Two plead guilty to offenses under the Can-Spam Act after ISP finds they had sent out thousands of junk messages. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, Internet Service Provider, message

Can-Spam put to the test

May 22, 2007 Internet law expert Venkat Balasubramani says new legal limits could crimp future moves to sue spammers. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, plaintiff, court, lawsuit, entity, claim, litigation, Internet Service Provider, anti-spam, Internet access, decision, e-mail

FTC serves up fully baked spam recipe

December 17, 2004 Agency issues final rules as to what constitutes commercial bulk e-mail, or spam, which is subject to restrictions under Can-Spam Act. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, regulation, spam, rule, agency, 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, spam, domain name, professor, e-mail, CEO

Police Blotter: Porn spammers' guilty verdict upheld

September 7, 2007 Federal judge upholds guilty verdicts, denies new trial to spammers specializing in sexually explicit solicitations. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Police Blotter, offshore, verdict, spammer, jury, recipient, Arizona, domain name, trial, operation, image

EarthLink's pursuit lands spammer in can

November 18, 2005 Can-Spam prosecutions related to EarthLink lawsuits put one man in prison for a year and slap another with a $15.4 million judgment. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, junk e-mail, suit, Florida, Internet Service Provider, e-mail

Antispam confab looks beyond filters

March 29, 2006 Leaders in the fight against spam, phishing and e-mail fraud gather at the MIT to compare notes. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, marketer, spammer, law enforcement, email marketing, anti-spam, spam, bond, incentive, conference, phishing, attorney, e-mail, car, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

FTC shuts down four spam rings

September 14, 2006 In two cases, spammers sent sexually explicit e-mail messages using "zombie" computers, the agency says. TAGS: Illinois, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, agency, e-mail

Supreme Court won't hear spam appeal

January 9, 2006 Justices let stand an existing ruling saying a dating service doesn't have the right to spam a university. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, university, spam, IP address, IP, e-mail

Court deals blow to dating-service spammer

August 3, 2005 Federal appeals court rejects argument that spammers have First Amendment right to flood public universities with spam. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, university, spammer, First Amendment, spam, e-mail address, e-mail

Judge denies guilty plea in AOL spam case

December 21, 2004 Ex-AOL employee's hearing is postponed; judge cites vagueness in prosecutors' argument that theft violated Can-Spam. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, prosecutor, plea, America Online Inc., spammer, theft, Judge, Time Warner Inc., attorney, e-mail address, U.S., e-mail

FTC says federal spam law has worked

December 20, 2005 Security firms report spam increase--but the FTC says 2003 law regulating junk e-mail is effective. TAGS: MX Logic Inc., CAN-SPAM Act, junk e-mail, spam, law, agency, message, e-mail

Three indicted in major spam case

August 26, 2005 Defendants are accused of distributing tens of millions of e-mails advertising porn sites and containing explicit images. TAGS: defendant, CAN-SPAM Act, count, Arizona, transportation, e-mail

U.S. leads the dirty dozen spammers

December 24, 2004 A big slice of the global spam sent this year had its origins in the United States, security researchers say. TAGS: Sophos Plc., spam, CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, Graham Cluley, South Korea, U.S., researcher, broadband, security, virus, PC

Get ready for 'Son of Can-Spam'

October 10, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh has a bead on lawmakers' latest plans to get tough--once again--on the spam epidemic. TAGS: WhenU, CAN-SPAM Act, federal law, law, legislator, spyware, anti-spyware, adware, e-mail

Spammer faces up to two years in jail

January 13, 2006 Man charged with sending millions of spam messages over high-profile company networks in violation of the Can-Spam Act. TAGS: jail, spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, U.S., e-mail

AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison

January 16, 2007 Found guilty by a jury, a California man faces time in federal prison for sending out e-mail scams and related crimes. TAGS: prosecutor, jury, CAN-SPAM Act, phishing, prison, America Online Inc., credit card, attorney, billing, California, Time Warner Inc., U.S., Microsoft Office, e-mail

Study: Small firms cook up more spam

January 26, 2005 New research finds that smaller companies are bearing the brunt of the epidemic of unsolicited e-mail. TAGS: Postini Corp., spam, CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, e-mail address, small business, information technology, e-mail
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