[Ecommerce] Colorado Spam law
Cem Kaner
kaner@kaner.com
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:01:29 -0800
you characterized it the same way that I've seen it characterized in several articles. I have not read the statute nor seen a link to it (yet).
You might like to get political alerts, but I've gotten tired of missionary christians deciding that jews like me need lots and lots and lots of electronic doses of jesus. Similarly for local (to Tennessee) politicians who think I care if they're running for state legislature. It is junk mail and I need a way to filter it.
At 12:38 AM 2/19/00 -0500, James Love wrote:
>I don't know the details of the bill, and my brief note may have been
>inaccurate. Allow me to make a few distinctions, however. I
>consider nearly every unsolicited email pitching a commerical product
>spam. I recieve a lot of unsolicited email that people send out, such
>as "alerts" or things like that, that I treat differently.
>
> I wonder what is covered by the bill, since the news report
>mentions politicans. Maybe it only covers non-profits or politicans if
>they are soliciting contributions or selling things.
>
> Does anyone know how to get a copy of this bill? Jamie
>
>On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Cem Kaner wrote:
>
> > looks good to me. I don't see any difference between commercial and non-commercial spam.
> >
> > At 12:12 AM 2/19/00 -0500, James Love wrote:
> > >A Colorado legislative committee approves anti-spam bill, that would
> > >require ADV label on unsolicited spam, and make no distinction between
> > >commercial and non-commerical spam.
> > >
> > > Jamie
> > >
> > >
> > >http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000218/09/internet-spam
> > >
> > >Updated 9:46 AM ET February 18, 2000
> > >
> > > DENVER (AP) - Internet spammers would have to slap a crystal-clear
> > >"advertisement" label on all electronic junk mail and provide an easy
> > >way for consumers to scratch their names from mailing lists under a bill
> > >passed Thursday by a state House committee.
> > >
> > > Before approving the bill by a 10-2 vote, the House Business Affairs
> > >and Labor Committee toughened the rules further by adding politicians
> > >and nonprofit groups to the mailers who must use the dreaded "ADV:"
> > >label.
> > >
> > > The tag must appear at the beginning of any junk mail's subject memo,
> > >which appears in consumers' lists of new e-mail and guides them on what
> > >they wish to read.
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > Any individual computer user receiving mail that violates the law
> > >could sue the sender for $10 for each message. But the bill also allows
> > >that customer's Internet service provider to collect hundreds or
> > >thousands of bad messages sent through its main computers and sue the
> > >mailer for $10 on each one, providing the incentive of millions of
> > >dollars in potential damages.
> > >
> > >--
> > >James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
> > >v. 1.202.387.8030, fax 1.202.234.5176
> > >love@cptech.org, http://www.cptech.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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_______________________________________________________________________
Cem Kaner, J.D., Ph.D.
P.O. Box 1200, Santa Clara, CA 95052
http://www.kaner.com
http://www.badsoftware.com
Author (with Falk & Nguyen) of TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE (2nd Ed, VNR)
Author (with David Pels) of BAD SOFTWARE (Wiley, 1998)
This e-mail communication should not be interpreted as legal advice
or a legal opinion. The transmission of this e-mail communication
does not create an attorney-client relationship between me and you.
Do not act or rely upon law-related information in this communication
without seeking the advice of an attorney. Finally, nothing in this
message should be interpreted as a "digital signature" or "electronic
signature" that can create binding commercial transactions.