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March 31st, 2009

Va will rewrite antispam law

Posted by Richard Koman @ March 31, 2009 @ 8:09 AM

Categories: Government technology

Tags: Anti-spam, Antispam Law, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

No surprise, now that the Supreme Court has rejected Virginia’s appeal of a state court ruling that its antispam law is unconstitutional, the Attorney General will rewrite the law and submit it to the General Assembly, the AP reports.

“We are dedicated to protecting all Virginians from unscrupulous spammers who fraudulently send millions of unsolicited garbage email messages,” [AG Bill Mimms] said in a written statement.

Perhaps Jaynes will now be prosecuted under federal law, or the legislature will move quickly to pass a new state antispam law.

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Good thing for the spammers...  John L. Ries | 03/31/09
RE: Va will rewrite antispam law  madrucke@... | 04/01/09
Nuisance spammers should be caned  John L. Ries | 04/01/09

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