A convicted spammer's conviction was recently overturned by the Virginia Supreme Court on First Amendment grounds. Details from this PC Magazine article include this:
Friday's ruling found that the Virginia law is "unconstitutionally overbroad because it prohibits the anonymous transmission of all unsolicited bulk e-mails including those containing political, religious, or other speech protected by the First Amendment."
Given the details of the ruling, I understand the justification- but I still don't want spam in my inbox. Regardless of whatever happens with laws and regulations, I expect the spam filters on my Astaro will do more to keep my inbox clean than anything coming from government.
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