http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5111893.html?tag=nefd_lede The latest version of CAN-SPAM, approved by the Senate, includes at least four changes: • Under the House bill, once commercial e-mail senders obtained "affirmative consent" from recipients, they would not have to follow certain rules such as providing an easy way to unsubscribe from future mailings. The Senate proposal eliminates that language. • State attorneys general would, according to the House bill, have a tougher time seeking injunctions against spammers engaged in header forgery or who bounced mail through networks "accessed without authorization." The Senate bill makes it easier to stop them. The Senate bill also would make it easier for the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to obtain cease-and-desist orders against header-forging or network-intruding spammers. • The House proposal gives federal judges more discretion in granting "reasonable attorney fees" to state attorneys general. The Senate version does not. • The Senate version broadens the definition of what qualifies as spam sent to mobile devices. _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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