[ale] Governor Proposes Felony for Spammers

[fgz]

> Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > ATLANTA (AP) _ Georgians who flood the Internet with spam e-mail 
> > could be charged with a felony under a bill proposed today by 
> > Governor Perdue. The Georgia Slam Spam E-Mail Act would punish 
> > spammers with a felony who send more than ten-thousand false or
> > misleading messages in one day, generate large amounts of money 
> > from spam or use minors to help them transmit the e-mails. The 
> > bill also outlines misdemeanor charges for lesser violations. 
> > Perdue urged legislators to pass the act -- quote -- "so that 
> > Georgians can once again check their e-mail without having to 
> > wade through a cesspool of spam."  He made the announcement at 
> > the headquarters of Atlanta-based EarthLink. The Internet service
> > provider endorses the proposed legislation. Perdue says the state 
> > law would only allow law enforcement officials to prosecute 
> > spammers based in Georgia, but hoped other states would enact 
> > similar laws. EarthLink's C-E-O Garry Betty says about 80 percent 
> > of all e-mails are spam. That amounts to as many as 250 (m) million
> > messages a day
> > 
> > See:
> >
http://www.wgst.com/cc-common/local_news_common.html?ID=20050119122652&feed=local

Just went to read that link a few mins ago, and saw this:

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Wazzup with that?
-fgz