[Ecommerce] FTC spam case

[Jeff Williams]

Jamie and all,

  Yes this was also reported on Slasdot earlier today as well.
See:  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/17/1712209

James Love wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> 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
>
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