8/3/2005 9:43 PM
Court: University of Texas can block dating e-mails
By The Associated Press
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2005-08-03-texas-spam-ruling_x.htm?POE=TECISVA
AUSTIN, Texas The University of Texas didn't violate the free-speech
rights of an online dating service when it blocked thousands of unsolicited
e-mails, a federal appeals court says.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also found that although White
Buffalo Ventures LLC, which operates LonghornSingles.com, complied with the
requirements of the federal anti-spam law, known as CAN-SPAM, the
university can still set its own anti-spam policy.
White Buffalo had sued the university over 59,000 messages blocked by spam
filters in 2003. The Austin-based service had legally obtained the
addresses from UT but the university blocked the e-mail messages, saying
White Buffalo was part of a larger spam problem that had crashed the
computer system.
The university said it was also responding to complaints from students and
faculty.
The court, in a ruling Tuesday, determined that White Buffalo complied with
federal law and that its e-mails were not illegal. However, CAN-SPAM does
not supersede protection measures employed by an Internet service provider,
and the court interpreted ISPs to include the university."
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George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
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