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Article: California governor signs tough anti-spam law.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2003
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Byline: Aaron Davis
SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday signed the toughest anti-spam law in the nation, declaring it illegal to send Californians unsolicited e-mail advertisements.
The measure raised hopes that the daily deluge of online pitches for herbal Viagra, car insurance and get-rich-quick schemes may soon become history.
Yet even anti-spam advocates and lawmakers cautioned that it will be a tough law to enforce with junk e-mailers often cloaking their identities in mass mailings by using false return addresses, offshore computer servers and other tricks.
The law allows spam recipients to sue for damages of $1,000 per ...