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Updated: 6:14 PM Jun 3, 2008
Court to Reconsider Spammer Case
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The Virginia Supreme Court will reconsider the case of super-spammer Jeremy Jaynes Wednesday.
Posted: 7:00 AM Jun 4, 2008 |
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The Virginia Supreme Court will reconsider the case of super-spammer Jeremy Jaynes Wednesday.
The Raleigh, North Carolina, man in 2004 became the first person in the country convicted of a felony for sending unsolicited bulk e-mail, or spam. Authorities say he bombarded inboxes with up to ten million commercial junk e-mails a day.
The Supreme Court in February rejected Jaynes' appeal. The justices said in a 4-to-3 decision that Jaynes had no legal standing to argue that the law restricts political and religious speech as well as commercial messages like the ones he churned out. The justices agreed in April last month to revisit that ruling.
Richmond attorney Tom Wolf represents Jaynes. He says an important First Amendment principle is at stake.
But the state attorney general's office argues the anti-spam law is an important tool for protecting Virginians against Internet scams.
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I do not think that there is any infringement on freedom of speech. I think this guy clearly violated the spam laws. The reason being, he sent unsolicited bulk-email. If he was exercising his freedom of speech, it could have been done without breaking the law by creating a webpage or starting a blog. He chose to use a method which indeed did break a law. He made his choice of how to use his freedom of speech, and broke another law in the processs. While I agree the first ammendment is very important and should be protected. I do not feel it is at stake in this case. I think it is our responsibility as citizens to implement it in resonsible and legal ways. This man clearly did not and has broken the law. Spamming is not legal, and you cannot force your religious beliefs or political opinions on anyone else. We all have the right to choose for ourselves. If they had subscribed to it, then that would be fine.
