Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer
| Title: | Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer (ID: CSD4708) | | Author(s): | Declan McCullagh (CNET News.com) | | Topics: | CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, Spam | | Origin: | Community Contributions (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded in mid-November that unsolicited e-mails advertising cruise vacations were permitted under the federal antispam law called the CAN-SPAM Act, even though they included a false Internet address and a nonworking "From" address. In the case involving antispam activist Mark Mumma of Oklahoma, the three-judge panel ruled that the federal law preempts state statutes. | | View this resource: | |
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