New ruling - FTC Requiring Labels on Explicit Spam - GoFuckYourself.com

fudpuck · 05-19-2004, 04:59 PM

WASHINGTON - Sexually explicit Internet spam must now carry a warning label. A Federal Trade Commission rule went into effect Wednesday requiring that unsolicited commercial e-mail that contains sexually oriented material include the words "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT" in the subject line.

The rule also bars graphic images from appearing in the opening body of the message. Instead, the recipient must take some action in order to see the objectionable material, either by scrolling down in the e-mail or by clicking on a provided link.

Jonathan Kraden, staff attorney with the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said the label "should help the computers to filter if a computer user decides to set their filtering system up to recognize these two words."

He added, "It should also help the e-mail recipient filter visually so they can go through their mail and decide which messages they want to see."

Spammers who violate the rule face possible imprisonment and criminal fines of up to $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for an organization. But tracking down violators can be difficult because spammers often try to escape being directly identified by using forged return addresses or by bouncing their e-mails through unprotected relay computers on the Internet.

Full story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...st_pe/ftc_spam

smokingdawn · 05-19-2004, 05:00 PM

Old news...but thanks

Pornwolf · 05-19-2004, 05:01 PM

News travels slow in east Fudpuck I see.

fudpuck · 05-19-2004, 05:01 PM

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Originally posted by smokingdawn
Old news...but thanks

Sorry man, no search messes with me.

thePelican · 05-19-2004, 05:02 PM

Welcome to 3 weeks ago MORON!!

fudpuck · 05-19-2004, 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by Pornwolf
News travels slow in east Fudpuck I see.

Yeah, good news seems to make it pretty quick. Surprised this slipped through.

fudpuck · 05-19-2004, 05:05 PM

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Originally posted by thePelican
Welcome to 3 weeks ago MORON!!

Thank god we have you to lead us in the right direction.

bizmak · 05-19-2004, 05:42 PM

old news ...

robfantasy · 05-19-2004, 06:00 PM

ya what a joke

JulianSosa · 05-19-2004, 06:33 PM

While it make be old news today is the day it became the LAW

fudpuck · 05-19-2004, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by JulianSosa
While it make be old news today is the day it became the LAW

Indeed.

Ironhorse · 05-19-2004, 06:38 PM

Perhaps all you idiots missed the date of the article

Wed May 19, 5:14 PM ET

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fudpuck Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: the woodwork Posts: 885	New ruling - FTC Requiring Labels on Explicit Spam WASHINGTON - Sexually explicit Internet spam must now carry a warning label. A Federal Trade Commission rule went into effect Wednesday requiring that unsolicited commercial e-mail that contains sexually oriented material include the words "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT" in the subject line. The rule also bars graphic images from appearing in the opening body of the message. Instead, the recipient must take some action in order to see the objectionable material, either by scrolling down in the e-mail or by clicking on a provided link. Jonathan Kraden, staff attorney with the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said the label "should help the computers to filter if a computer user decides to set their filtering system up to recognize these two words." He added, "It should also help the e-mail recipient filter visually so they can go through their mail and decide which messages they want to see." Spammers who violate the rule face possible imprisonment and criminal fines of up to $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for an organization. But tracking down violators can be difficult because spammers often try to escape being directly identified by using forged return addresses or by bouncing their e-mails through unprotected relay computers on the Internet. Full story: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...st_pe/ftc_spam __________________ AMK Hosting - 3.2Ghz, 1GB RAM, 2x300GB RAID1 + 10Mbps for $249mo. ICQ: 15898919 - Ask me about remote backups for your data.

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