Boston (dbTechno) - The Virginia Supreme Court came to the decision that an anti-spam law is unconstitutional, and has let a notorious spammer, Jeremy Jaynes, walk free. Jeremy Jaynes became, back in 2004, the first person to be convicted of a felony crime for sending spam. Jaynes was found to be guilty of sending out spam e-mails to users over America Online. He would send thousands of e-mails on several different occasions to users. The Virginia Supreme Court ruled though that the anti-spam law is unconstitutional as it violates the First Amendment’s free-speech protection. This is due to the fact that they stated it restricts commercial e-mail, as w ell as unsolicited e-mails. Jaynes was initially sentenced to 9 years in jail for spamming. The ruling will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
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Boston (dbTechno) - The Virginia Supreme Court came to the decision that an anti-spam law is unconstitutional, and has let a notorious spammer, Jeremy Jaynes, walk free. Jeremy Jaynes became, back in 2004, the first person to be convicted of a felony crime for sending spam. Jaynes was found to be guilty of sending out spam e-mails to users over America Online. He would send thousands of e-mails on several different occasions to users. The Virginia Supreme Court ruled though that the anti-spam law is unconstitutional as it violates the First Amendment’s free-speech protection. This is due to the fact that they stated it restricts commercial e-mail, as w ell as unsolicited e-mails. Jaynes was initially sentenced to 9 years in jail for spamming. The ruling will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...