> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 19:48:51 +0200
> From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: FW: adv: insurance & investments
>> Under bill s.1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress
>> this letter can not be considered spam as we include: Contact
>> information and a Remove Link.
> Now this is interesting - is this correct?
Not really. The proposed bill ( like 10 or 12 others, most with more
protection than the above ) was introduced, but not made into law.
However, existing US law already provides relief from SPAM
US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, Section 227
permits you to "receive up to $500 in damages for each such violation"
when the purpose is:
"(C) to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or
other device to send an unsolicited advertisement to a
telephone facsimile machine"
"(2) The term ''telephone facsimile machine'' means equipment
which has the capacity (A) to transcribe text or images, or both,
from paper into an electronic signal and to transmit that signal
over a regular telephone line, or (B) to transcribe text or
images (or both) from an electronic signal received over a
regular telephone line onto paper."
Computer email fulfills these technical specifications.
> (But the fact stands - the mail was sent to a non US citizen so
> my (swedish) laws are what counts - so that would still make it spam).
You also can sue in a US court for $500. Don't hold your breath, though...
- John T.
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