TITLE

Settlements prove that spam laws have teeth

AUTHOR(S)

Garretson, Cara

PUB. DATE

August 2005

SOURCE

Network World;8/15/2005, Vol. 22 Issue 32, p12

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This article examines whether spam laws have an impact on the computer industry in the U.S. Federal and state laws enacted to limit spam generally have been viewed as the weak part of the three-component anti-spam approach that includes technology and education. However, successes in the legal world, combined with hints that spam volumes may finally be on the decline, suggest that federal CAN-SPAM law and its state-level counterparts may be having some effect.

ACCESSION #

17921432

 

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