Category: Law
New July 1st Child Email Address Registry Laws a Big Surprise Affecting All Emailers
From Aunty’s friends over at the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy: NEW JULY 1st CHILD EMAIL ADDRESS REGISTRY LAWS A BIG SURPRISE AFFECTING ALL EMAILERS, WARNS INSTITUTE FOR SPAM AND INTERNET PUBLIC POLICY “Jail Time, Large Penalties, and Private Actions Facing All Commercial Emailers Who Fail to Comply,”…
Canadian Adult Entertainers Unwilling to Bare All to New U.S. Rules
It seems that adult-themed websites in the United States aren’t the only ones up in arms over the new U.S. “Age Records” rule for adult content websites, which became a reality this week. Not only are adult industry performers in Canada concerned about the new rules, which require that anyone…
TrustSoft’s SpyKiller Scam Scans Canned with CAN-SPAM
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it has received a restraining order against and frozen the assets of TrustSoft and their SpyKiller program, a program which, the FTC says, was nothing more than a scam. According to the FTC, users who visited the SpyKiller website were offered a free…
Adult-Themed Websites and Surfers Take Double Hit
Webmasters whose websites deal with adult content may soon have to start policing the ages of the models and performers who appear in content on their website, even if they did not generate or solicit the content – indeed even if the content is several years old or was acquired…
Ever Visit a Porn Site? Even Accidentally? Your Hard Drive Could Be Used as Evidence Against You!
Have you ever visited a porn site, even accidentally? Sure, it really does happen by accident. Heck, it’s happened to me!
FTC Recommends Not Requiring “ADV” In Subject Line of Unsolicitied Commercial Email
One of the things with which the Federal Trade Commission was charged under CAN-SPAM was determining whether and how to implement the requirement of including “ADV” in the subject line of unsolicited email. Now this from the FTC: In a report to Congress required by the Controlling the Assault of…
Feds Set Sights on ISP Records, Vote to Protect Libraries and Book Stores from Patriot Act
The United States House of Representatives has voted to restrict the Patriot Act so that it cannot be used to pry into the library borrowing and book purchasing of U.S. citizens. You would think that this would be a no-brainer – nobody I know wants to live in a state…
ISP RoadRunner Must Give Up Identity of User Claimed to Slander Public Relations Society of America’s Bolton
A New York judge has ruled that Internet service provider RoadRunner must reveal the identity of a customer who sent email to the Public Relations Society of America’s board of directors, claiming that the Public Relations Society of America’s executive director, Catherine A. Bolton, was not fit for the position….
Ohio Parents Plan Lawsuit if Severe Cuts to Internet-based Public eSchools Remain
Did you know that the State of Ohio had something called “eSchools”, which are computer- or Internet-based public charter schools? Aunty didn’t know, until this came across her eDesk: COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13 /PRNewswire/ — Despite a comprehensive legislative study that says public eSchool funding is reasonable and should not…
Spam King Scott Richter’s Bankrupt Real Big Notice to Creditors
Scott Richter and his OptInRealBig have filed for bankruptcy and must notify all potentially impacted parties by email – but how many of them will actually get the notices, given that spam filters around the world have a special place just for him and his email?
Canadian Press Banned from Linking to Non-Canadian Sites Talking about Canadian Robert Pickton Murder Trial
Robert Pickton. If his name means nothing to you, and you are not from Canada, that’s no surprise. But if a Canadian court’s press ban is successful, the name Robert Pickton won’t mean much more to Canadian citizens either, despite the fact that he is the focus of a sensational murder trial in Vancouver right now.
Gamer Killed Over Virtual Legend of Mir 3 Sword
While it may be that addiction is not a problem for Internet gamers, apparently taking their games too seriously is. Not just a problem – but potentially fatal. According to the BBC, Chinese online gamers Qiu Chengwei and Zhu Caoyuan were both involved in the online game Legend of Mir…
New Law Would Kill Municipal Wifi Nationwide
It seems like just yesterday that Aunty told you about how ISP and broadband providers are lobbying to prevent municipal wifi, which would keep you from being able to have city-wide free wifi such as some cities are now offering. Well, apparently some of the lobbyists took it to a…
Should Online Dating Services Perform Criminal Background Checks?
Herb Vest’s online dating service, True.com, tauts itself as being one of the only, if not the only, online dating services which performs criminal background checks on all of its members. But that is not enough for Vest. Oh no. Vest is now lobbying the legislatures of several states to…
If They Had Their Way, Free Municipal Wifi Would Never See the Light of Day
You may have heard about the cities which are coming online and offering free wifi on a city-wide (municipal) basis. What you probably haven’t heard about is the fights which often go on behind the scenes to keep you, the good citizens of these cities, from having access to municipal…
