On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:16:12 -0700 Condon Thomas A KPWA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Heard this morning that the governor of California, yes that one,
> > > passed some legislation making it illegal to send spam to
> > or fro that
> > > state. A penalty of up to one million is possible.
> > >
> > > Hey, it's a start.
> >
> > Yup, the law takes effect on January 1. Any California
> > resident who receives spam from anywhere can sue the spammer
> > in small claims court for $1000 for the first offense. THe
> > penalties rise fairly substantialy for additionall offenses.
>
> When this is an International law, not state or federal, it will have
> some serious effect. Of course, if you have any inputs for the
> writing of said global law, you might add a section about running an
> unsecured operating system on the internet... ;-})
Most legislators aren't stupid enough to turn themselves into criminals.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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