Talk:CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

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Contents 1 Inclusion of positive reaction 2 Naming 3 References 4 Other countries 5 Cluelessness 6 First footnote 7 You can spam act 8 Serious Lack of Citations for CAN-SPAM and the FTC Section

[edit] Inclusion of positive reaction

There was also some positive reaction to the law. It should be included in the reaction section. --Ke4roh 16:16, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Naming

Is there a reason this article isn't named CAN-SPAM Act of 2003? RadicalSubversiv E 08:05, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] References

Is there any references to the arrests or NY Times article?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.5.160.236 (talk) 02:53, 5 April 2006

[edit] Other countries

Why no See Also to other countries eqivilent law? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.173.227 (talk) 15:11, 10 May 2006

[edit] Cluelessness

I still find it hard to believe that somebody could be so clueless in drawing up this law. Look at "an opt-out mechanism". Even within the provisions detailed a little further down, as plenty of us know there's absolutely no way in which a victim can be sure that the spammer is obeying the law. This is yet another reason that laws should require all direct mail advertising to be on a strictly opt-in basis.

And "a label if the content is adult" - what kind of label are we talking here? Is it something that goes in the subject line of the email, or what? -- Smjg 21:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First footnote

The first footnote doesn't seem to support either the proposition that it preempts or that it was rushed to passge. Shouldn't it be removed or better cites included? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kidblue (talk • contribs) 21:43, 18 May 2007

What about this section: Preemption: The CAN SPAM Act mostly preempts state laws; in particular, it was reported that the CAN SPAM Act was rushed through Congress in order to preempt a tough California SPAM law that was on the verge of being enacted. According to 15 USC s 7707(b)(1): 199.125.109.104 03:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You can spam act

This sentence:

"The CAN-SPAM Act is commonly referred to as the YOU-CAN-SPAM Act because the bill was backed by lobbyists for spammers and preempts stronger state anti-spam measures."

Should include a reference to the fact that "you can spam" also refers to the fact that the bill is an opt out law, not an opt in law. 4.233.143.98 21:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Serious Lack of Citations for CAN-SPAM and the FTC Section

I added three {{Fact}} tags to the section and then realized that really nothing in this section is cited. I suggest adding a tag to the whole section.

The John McCain insertion looks suspiciously like it was placed by a McCain shill

Networkprosource (talk) 16:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Not likely. His name is pretty prominent in the news stories. 199.125.109.74 (talk) 04:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)