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The legalization of Spam

October 24th, 2007

In 2003, Congress passed a historic law known as the CAN-SPAM Act. Ostensibly an attempt to end unsolicited commercial e-mails, it was actually intended to weaken consumer protections against spam that were under consideration in the State of California. Under earlier state laws, consumers could sue spammers who sent unsolicited e-mails, usually […]