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Do you have a right to send anonymous e-mail?

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments · First Amendment, spam

If you believe that the US Constitution gives you the right to send anonymous non-commercial e-mails, your champion at the Supreme Court of Virginia is spammer Jeremy Jaynes. As the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports, Richmond attorney Tom Wolf made the case for Jaynes before the court on Wednesday as he seeks relief from his 9-year prison sentence.

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Spammer gets another bite

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Supreme Court of Virginia, spam

The Supreme Court of Virginia has granted a rehearing petition in the case of the country’s first felony spam conviction. As explained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the issue is whether Virginia’s anti-spam law is unconstitutional on its face.

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Spammer’s nine-year sentence upheld

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Computer Crimes Act, First Amendment, spam

A divided Supreme Court of Virginia has affirmed the computer crime conviction and nine-year prison sentence of a North Carolina man who sent mass quantities of spam – unsolicited bulk e-mail – through AOL servers in Northern Virginia.
Defendant Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh was considered among the top 10 spammers in the world when he was [...]

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