On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:46:46 -0400 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Vorl Bek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And when 'spam' had its meaning changed from 'unsolicited > > commercial email' to 'any email you do not want to receive', I > > figured scoundrels were trying to pull the wool over our eyes > > to somehow make spam profitable for even more people that it > > already is. > > > > That is incorrect. They invented the term "unsolicited commercial e-mail" > for legal purposes, so that a crime could be defined carefully by > legislation. When someone sends vacation photos to a long list of people, > you might call that "spam." That term is informal and was never defined in > law. Laws relating to unsolicited commercial email would not apply to > unsolicited vacation photos. Interesting, thanks.
