CAN-SPAM LEGAL WEBSITE LAUNCHED

CAN-SPAM LAWSUIT CENTRAL

Great resource for Internet law: Interested in learning the ins-and-outs of the CAN-SPAM law of 2003?  Gigalaw.com has started a website devoted to the legislation, its implementation and interpretation. 

5/4/04 Update:  The folks over at Church of the Customer weblog have posted an amusing take on one groups dismay with the CAN-SPAM act:  entitled “A special seat in customer hell for: realtors” which points out that realtors are actually spamming the FTC about the CAN-SPAM act.  CoC’s wickedly inspired conclusions:

In effect, the realtors who spammed this form letter to the FTC are saying:

* We must purchase email lists and spam people because it’s too hard to build up our own in-house lists
* We have to ask permission to send email? No way, we’re realtors — we don’t ask for permission!
* We can’t be 100% sure that unsubscribers never want to hear from us again, so we must keep bothering them indefinitely until they threaten us with lawsuits or bodily harm
* Suppression lists could fall into the hands of terrorists 

The CAN-SPAM act should be a lot of fun in the near future.  Who’s next: A special seat in hell for: ? ….  

CoC better be careful, though, as the term Realtor(R) is a registered trademark of the National Association of Realtors who aggressively pursues individuals and organizations that make infringing uses of their mark.  Indeed, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board recently held that the mark “REALTOR” was not generic and was entitled to trademark protection.

 

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Posted by Douglas Sorocco, May 3, 2004 at 2:26 pm
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