Anti-Spam Legislation Signed

[osprey4]

President Bush has signed anti-spam legislation passed earlier this month by congress. According to the article:

...the measure outlaws the persistent techniques used by e-mailers who send tens of millions of messages each day to peddle their products and services. The bill supplants anti-spam laws already passed in some states, including California. It also encourages the Federal Trade Commission to create a do-not-spam list of e-mail addresses and includes penalties for spammers of up to five years in prison in rare circumstances.

A challenge by the ACLU on free-speech grounds is expected.

[computer wizard]

Mr Blair has done the same thing in the UK (commencing mid-Dec 2003) but I understand the ban extends only to sending spam to private individuals. Businesses are still plagued.
I must admit that I get exactly the same number of rubbish emails as before the date it became law.
Presumably the culprits are outside the jurisdiction of the US and UK?

[kranich]

I think there might be ways around that such as sending them from India.