Denmark & US Get Tough on Spam
January 23, 2004
On Wednesday a court in Denmark fined a local telecoms equipment firm for sending up to 15,000 unsolicited commercial FAXES. These are considered spam under Danish law.
Denmark is one of six EU states to have implemented a European Commission directive on privacy and electronic communications. Ireland, Austria, UK and Spain have also implemented this directive that calls for stiff sanctions against firms who send torrents of unsolicited marketing messages, spam.
Meanwhile in the US, 2 of the world's most prolific email spammers face up to 20 years in jail for their annoying offerings such as reduced mortgage interest rates, internet history erasers, and investment advice.
Jeremy Jaynes, 29 is being held pending a request for extradition. Richard Rutowski is expected to surrender to authorities under terms being worked out through his attorney. Both are reported to have enjoyed affluent lifestyles - what I want to know is - who are the suckers that clicked the links and paid money over for Viagra/Investment Advice or whatever it was the spam email was offering??