California fines spammers $500 per email

California State has approved a bill that will allow spammers to be fined $500 for each unsolicited email they send.

The California State Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would make it illegal to send unsolicited email advertising and allows people to sue spammers for $500 (�304) per unwanted message.

If the bill, which now goes to the California Assembly, becomes law, it would be one of the strictest antispam measures in the country. The measure, which was approved by a vote of 21 to 12, would require Internet marketers to get advance approval from email recipients if they did not already have a business relationship with them.

ZD Net Report

Half should go to the victims.

Originally posted by Tetsuo-51
Half should go to the victims.

MMMMMMMM....... *imagines all that money*

XAOS

Let's just keep making laws until everything is illegal except working.