[anti-spam-wg@localhost] [SpamCop-Digest] Italy Goes Opt-in, Law States Senders of UnsolicitedBulk Email Now Face Jail (fwd)

[Mally Mclane <]

hi,

we discussed it at ripe46, for those who were not there...

m

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Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 18:05:58 -0700
From: Pete Stephenson pete@localhost
To: spamcop-digest@localhost
Subject: [SpamCop-Digest]  Italy Goes Opt-in,
     Law States Senders of Unsolicited Bulk Email Now Face Jail

According to a recent posting on Spamhaus.org[1][2], spamming is now
a crime in Italy. According to the official release[3], "those who
send email advertisements without the consent of the address owners
will go to jail".

The rest of Europe will be implementing the same EU directive by 31
October of this year; Italy decided to implement it a little bit
early. Now, if only the rest of the world could follow suit.

See the URL's below for more information.

[1]
http://www.spamhaus.org/index.lasso?-database=sbl_news&-layout=detail&-response=newsstory.lasso&-recordID=19&-search
[2] http://tinyurl.com/mhvb if [1] wraps.
[3] http://www.garanteprivacy.it/garante/doc.jsp?ID=272444

-- 
Pete Stephenson
HeyPete.com
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