Anti-porn spam laws to shield kids backfire - Yahoo! News
Anti-porn spam laws to shield kids backfire - Yahoo! News: "Laws in two states to shield children from objectionable e-mail are having a chilling effect on nearly everyone but the spammers they were intended for.
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The laws in Michigan and Utah create e-mail registries to prevent children from viewing adult-oriented messages. But the laws, both barely a month old, threaten to disrupt businesses nationwide, marketers and legal experts say.

Legitimate e-mail marketers are weighing the legal and financial risks of doing business in the two states. Small and midsize companies are anticipating crushing fines. And legal experts are alarmed by the potential impact on free speech and e-mail taxation.

Spammers, ironically, may be tempted to send more e-mail to those states to gain valid e-mail addresses.

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