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SPEWS.ORG - the internet's Spam Prevention Early Warning System.
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(June 2, 2005) On March 10, 2005, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna said ". . . just as we have made spam illegal, we need to make phishing clearly illegal with stiff fines". Mr. McKenna said this at the City Club Forum in Seattle. Right click here to download the audio clip. The full presentation can be viewed from the SeattleChannel. His statement is about 20 minutes into the discussion.
There is no blanket prohibition in Washington law against spam as Mr. McKenna would have you believe. Many of us lobbied for such a law back in 1998 -- similar to the federal anti-junk fax law. The Washington Legislature, like Congress, decided instead to clearly make spam legal when done according to the law. Both the Washington State law and the federal law regulate commercial email. Basically, a person or organization can spam as much as they want under protection of the law as long as the spam conforms to the requirements of the law.
I wrote to Mr. McKenna and asked when spam became illegal. He declined to answer, instead passing the question to a subordinate who said in part: "When the Attorney General mentioned that spam is illegal, he was talking about conduct that is a civil violation and not criminal."
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