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On Dec. 16, President George W. Bush signed the “can spam” legislation passed earlier in the month by Congress. The legislation provides for jail time and hefty fines for serious violators and calls for the creation of a “do not spam” registry.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said after Bush signed the bill: “Spam, or unsolicited e-mails are annoying to consumers and costly to our economy. This will help address the problems associated with the rapid growth and abuse of spam by establishing a framework of technological, administrative civil and criminal tools, and by providing consumers with options to reduce the volume of unwanted e-mail.”
Along with requiring an “opt-out” option for those receiving e-mail solicitations, the bill requires online marketers to identify themselves as such, and prohibits the use of false or misleading sender addresses and subject lines. Pornographic messages would also have to be identified as such.
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