Colorado Has a New Spam Law

Governor Bill Ritter on Wednesday signed into law the Spam Reduction Act of 2008,
which invokes state enforcement authority by the Attorney General’s office and other available remedies under the Colorado
Consumer Protection Act. This law is similar to federal authority
against unwanted emails and makes it a crime under state law to violate the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.

Sending unwanted commercial e-mail to an account held by a Colorado
resident will become a misdemeanor crime. The law also allows for private right of action where spam
recipients who can identify a sender and prove financial losses to seek
to recover damages of up to $10 million in civil court instead of just ISP’s being able to take action like Can-Spam only allows for.

Here’s a link to the some House representatives who sponsored it.
http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/lawmakers-decla.html

As my friend John Levine said and I agree "
There’s certainly some spammers in Colorado, so I look forward to seeing cases filed."

-Dennis
Eloqua

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