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Spam Laws Worldwide: CAN-SPAM: Beating Australia to the Punch
Posted by Rebecca Bolin on Sunday, May 02 @ 22:41:11 EDT Spam
As part of the CAN-SPAM criminal charges recently announced by the FTC, the FTC has also sued an Australian company, Global Web Promotions, for allegedly selling fraudulent diet pills and growth hormones. This case will probably have plenty of evidence; Microsoft and AOL cooperated in the investigation.

The more interesting fact is that Australia's Spam Act which went into effect in early April (previously explained here and here) is a much more rigid law with an opt-in requirement and quite harsh punishments. Yet it is the lax CAN-SPAM that is going after Australia's spammers first. Australian Communications Authority, keeper of the Spam Act, where are you?

 
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Re: CAN-SPAM: Beating Australia to the Punch (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, May 03 @ 22:58:37 EDT
The USA's CAN-SPAM took effect on January 1st, 2004. Australia's Spam Act 0f 2003 took effect on April 10th, 2004. The first prosecutions involving the CAN-SPAM act hit the news around April 29th, nearly four months after the law took effect. If Australia had beaten the USA to the punch on this one, it would have been an unusual display of viper-like speed for any kind of legal body. Australia still has three months in which to beat the USA's enact-to-enforce reaction time.


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