Re: California anti-spam law

On 9/28/98, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
>
> I haven't been able to independently verify this, but reportedly
> California's anti-spam bill, A.B. 1676, which was passed by the
> California legislature and sent to Governor Wilson for signature on
> Sept. 14, was today signed by the governor.
>
> It seems like a relatively toothless opt-out scheme to me, merely
> imposing an opt-out-by-email provision.
>
> URL:
>
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1676_bill_980828_enrolled.html

Both Miller and Bowen anti-spam bills wre signed. I think between the filtering-enabling requirements and the opt-out we may start seeing some relief on this. I think stronger measures may have easily been found unconstitutional, so moving forward slowly is a good idea. Certainly if this doesn't work then under the constitutional analysis stronger provisions would be justified.

Kaye Caldwell
<kaye[_at_]ix.netcom.com> Received on Tue Sep 29 1998 - 17:11:57 GMT