Can-Spam

Ultimately Congress passed the Can-Spam Act in 2003.

The F.T.C.’s Bully Pulpit on Privacy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Ultimately Congress passed the Can-Spam Act in 2003.

The F.T.C.’s Bully Pulpit on Privacy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

We should point that Can-Spam was enacted in 2003, so it's OK to blame the Republicans for its shortcomings.

Ardent Partisanship 2009

Blogress Janine Popick, CEO of the marketing firm VerticalResponse, argues that the email in question runs afoul of one of the requirements of the notoriously weak Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act, known by the catchy acronym Can-Spam:

Ardent Partisanship 2009

In the meantime, it remains unclear whether the Can-Spam Act will have -- or has had -- any effect on the amount of spam that continues to clog the inboxes of millions of Internet users.

With This Law, You Can Spam 2004

Can-Spam allows Internet access providers to set their own policies for acceptable use, and some marketers complained that even if they complied with the federal law, ISPs would often ban their mailings anyway.

Spam Law Generates Confusion 2004

Can-Spam gives powers of enforcement to the FTC, state attorneys general and private Internet access providers, but it preempts state laws like California's, which would have enabled private citizens to sue spammers for damages up to $1,000 per email.

Spam Law Generates Confusion 2004

Backers of the Can-Spam Act point out, however, that Wyden is a Democrat.

With This Law, You Can Spam 2004

Can-Spam prescribes heavy penalties for spammers who hijack computers or forge e-mail headers.

Spam Law Generates Confusion 2004

For their part, proponents of the Can-Spam Act argue that a federal law will actually bolster state efforts to find spammers.

With This Law, You Can Spam 2004