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IP: Court upholds anti-spam law / Unsolicited e-mail not protected, judges say
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 18:11:18 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Court upholds anti-spam law Unsolicited e-mail not protected, judges say Bob Egelko, Kelly St. John, Chronicle Staff Writers Friday, January 4, 2002 In a victory to thrill anyone annoyed by the "spam" that clogs e-mail accounts, an appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of California's tough 1998 law regulating unwanted commercial messages. The state Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that California can require Internet "spammers" to identify their e-mails as advertisements. The court also said they must provide ways for recipients to get off their mailing lists. The unanimous decision by a three-judge First Appellate District court in San Francisco reversed a lower court's ruling that the law is unconstitutional. Wednesday's decision is the first higher court decision on the validity of the law. Today, similar laws are in effect in 18 states and have been proposed in Congress since 1994. ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/04/MN228257.DTL
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