USA anti-spam laws (Can-Spam etc.)
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Call to arms
A cogent and objective argument against the spread of state email child protection laws in the USA.
FTC report
A 116 page .pdf report from the FTC entitled "Effectiveness and enforcement of the Can-Spam act: a report to congress."
Feds flop at stopping spam
Draws on the opinion of various intellectual property lawyers and others to conclude that Can-Spam legislation hasn't done much to stem the flow of spam.
Update on Michigan and Utah Registries
A summary, with links, of the current state of play with regard to those "child protection email registries" operating in Utah and Michigan.
Minor Protection
A long overview of the background and current situation regarding email registries designed to protect children from nasty email.
FTC comments
...regarding proposed legislation in Illinois which would establish a child protection registry not unlike the ones in Utah and Michigan.
E-mail law upsets parents
The much-criticised Michigan legislation aimed at protecting children from dodgy emails has turned around to bite the people who wrote it.
Wisconsin spam bill
A Can-Spam bill for Wisconsin that also bans extractor software and provides immunity to ISPs for false positives.
EFF To Challenge E-Mail Tax Laws
Describes more ways Michigan and Utah laws may be counterproductive and actually hurt those they're trying to protect, plus examines a potential legal challenge.