Michigan Attorney General Charges Spammers with Violating Do Not Email Law

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Michigan Attorney General Charges Spammers with Violating Do Not Email Law

08-12-2006, 10:26 AM,

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Michigan Attorney General Charges Spammers with Violating Do Not Email Law

Quote:Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Thursday he is charging two companies, one of them from California, with breaking a new law against sending unsolicited e-mails about inappropriate topics to children listed on a state registry.

The spam sent by RR Media Inc. of Cathedral City, Calif., and Data Stream Group Inc. of Bonita Springs, Fla., sought to entice children into gambling sites and promoted alcoholic beverages, Cox said...

Cox filed criminal and civil charges against the companies, saying they violated a state law that requires them to check e-mail addresses against a registry designed to protect children from inappropriate e-mails...

full article: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryne...245700.htm

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