[Ecommerce] FTC spam case

[James Love]

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Subject: [CYBERIA] FTC files spam case
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:40:54 -0400
From: Stephen T. Middlebrook <Stephen.Middlebrook@FMS.TREAS.GOV>
Reply-To: Law & Policy of Computer Communications 
<CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
To: CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM

The FTC brought a spam case against Brian Westby, the so-called "married
but lonely" spammer.  The suit alleges fraudulent business practices
because the email contain deceptive subject lines and because the sending
addresses are spoofed.  This is apparently new territory for the FTC.

If this is successful, will it make commercial email that doesn't have a
valid return address potentially illegal?

stm

For details, see

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48121-2003Apr17.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-FTC-Spam.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1024-997329.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/18/technology/18SPAM.html