Neowin News Feed for: Can-spam

Virginia, US: Citizens have a constitutional right to SPAM

Fred Derf — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:52:35 +0000

Authorities claim that Jeremy Jaynes sent up to 10 million unsolicited bulk e-mail messages a day from his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2004, he was charged in Virginia due to the location of... Read more...

FTC Celebrates CAN-SPAM with Spam Suits

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:06:18 +0000

At the two year anniversary of the CAN-SPAM act, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced legal actions against spammers, including joint operations with state attorneys general and the Canadian government. On Tuesday, the FTC said... Read more...

CAN-SPAM : Did It Work?

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:15:52 +0000

In 2003, George Bush signed into law the CAN-SPAM Act, designed to reduce the amount of unwanted emails, spam, being sent to internet users. The act laid out a variety of requirements that bulk mailers... Read more...

CAN-SPAM Big Bust

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:38:02 +0000

MX Logic, a firm who has been tracking CAN-SPAM complience, says, "Get a good spam filter, because despite federal law, it's not going away anytime soon." The numbers don't lie: CAN-SPAM is... Read more...

Another Spammer Sued Under CAN-SPAM

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:14:19 +0000

Today William T. Carson has been sued for allegedly sending thousands of SPAM. This comes as another welcomed lawsuit against spammers for me. This lawsuit was filed by Massachusetts attorney general, and "is... Read more...

Massachusetts files suit under Can-Spam

Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:50:06 +0000

The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has filed suit against a Florida man suspected of sending spam e-mail to thousands of consumers, in what's considered to be the first claim brought by a state under the... Read more...

First complaint filed under Can-Spam

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:31:05 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a criminal complaint against four Detroit-area men under the federal Can-Spam Act, in the first case sparked by the legislation. In a filing Wednesday in... Read more...