IP: Court upholds anti-spam law / Unsolicited e-mail not protected, judges say

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
>
> Court upholds anti-spam law
> Unsolicited e-mail not protected, judges say
>
> Bob Egelko, Kelly St. John, Chronicle Staff Writers
> Friday, January 4, 2002
>
> In a victory to thrill anyone annoyed by the "spam" that clogs e-mail
> accounts, an appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of
> California's tough 1998 law regulating unwanted commercial messages.
>
> The state Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that California can require
> Internet "spammers" to identify their e-mails as advertisements. The
> court also said they must provide ways for recipients to get off
> their mailing lists.
>
> The unanimous decision by a three-judge First Appellate District
> court in San Francisco reversed a lower court's ruling that the law
> is unconstitutional.
>
> Wednesday's decision is the first higher court decision on the
> validity of the law.
>
> Today, similar laws are in effect in 18 states and have been proposed
> in Congress since 1994.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/04/MN228257.DTL

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