[SpamCop-List] Re: Virginia anti-spam law

[Brian O'Neill]

"Byron Canfield" <barnN05PAM at N05PAMbyroncN05PAM.com> wrote in message
news:bb2q2q$1vc$1 at news.spamcop.net...

> > > > > Yet more state-sanctioned opt-out and useless "ADV:" laws.

> > > > Except the law says nothing about that.   Here is the full text of
the
> > > > UBE
> > > > portion of the law from
> > > > http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+ful+CHAP0987:

> > > "Transmission of electronic mail from an organization to its members
> > > shall
> > > not be deemed to be unsolicited bulk electronic mail."
> > >
> > > Suddenly we'll all be "members" of some group when $company decides to
> > > spam
> > > their former customers by epending.

> > Are you a lawyer, or did your lawyer come up with that scenario?

> It's not really a new scenario. I get a lot of spam from sources that
claim
> I'm a member of an "opt-in" list. I have NEVER opted in on any list and am
> quite meticulous about opting OUT of any possible lists in ordering and
> registration forms, so the claim is blatently false.

The issue is if your opinion on that interpretation of the law is from a
lawyer, either yourself or one you consulted.  Because if not, it's layman's
speculation and since that violates the spirit of the law, I doubt tht would
fly (IANAL).

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