RE: MOBILE PHONES AT VERY LOW PRICE OFFER. (reporting list spam)
On Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:33 AM -0500, Johannes Wiedersich
wrote:
> Sending spam is illegal in many countries including
> the EU and the US, so the people responsible for servers in these
> countries are legally obliged to take action, if they are notified.
That's not true for the U.S. Several years ago, the U.S. Congress
passed the unfortunately named [yes you] CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. The law
uses the opt-out principle, thereby legalizing spam, except for specific
prohibited practices. That is, any entity is free to send you UBE until
you opt out. You must notify each individual entity whose mail you do
not wish to receive ... there is no way to globally opt out.
Spamming activities that are now illegal in the U.S.: sending UBE to
electronically harvested addresses, forging headers, deceptive subject
lines, failure to provide a working opt-out mechanism, ignoring
recipient's opt-out declarations and distributing addresses of people
who opt out without indicating that fact. As a practical matter, your
chances of being prosecuted for any of these are remote.
--
Seth Goodman
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