Just received word from Congresswoman Eshoo's chief staff that S.877 passed.
It was passed separately this afternoon by unanimous consent -- i.e., without a roll call vote. The bill passed today contained the Senate's minor changes to the bill passed previously by the House.
Some of the "minor changes" include changing the statutory damages from $25 to:
(ii) up to $25 in the case of any other violation of section 5.
Now small ISPs can't even count on the paltry $25/message when they decide to take a spammer on in Federal Court.
I should note one interesting wrinkle. Unlike what is common in other Federal laws, the act "supersedes any statute, regulation, or rule of a State or political subdivision of a State " but says _nothing_ about the District of Columbia. Soooo, if people can rally the DC council to pass a California-like law, perhaps there may be a new place to host your mail servers.
Joe
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