Spam Compliance and Litigation

Sending out just one e-mail can land your company in a lot of hot water.  Fortunately, there are laws in place that clearly define permissible and impermissible marketing e-mails.  There are lawyers who make a living solely by suing companies who send them “spam.”  To see how true this is, we invite you to read a profile of a California attorney, Daniel Balsam from the Washington Times. 

The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003 (commonly known as the CAN-SPAM Act), which regulates what are commonly known as “Spam” e-mails, places burdens on those who want to advertise using e-mail.

The CAN-SPAM Act comes with possible criminal penalties and civil liabilities, so compliance is important.

Centre’s Capabilities

Centre can help guide your company so that it complies with the CAN-SPAM Act or help defend lawsuits filed for supposed violations of the Act or similar state acts.

Have a spam issue?  Please contact Eric S. Crusius, Esq. via e-mail at ecrusius@centreconsult.com or by phone at (703) 288-2800 should you have any questions.

More information

The CAN-SPAM Act: http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/15C103.txt

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Further Research

Copyright Act: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Digital Millennium Copyright Act: http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/pl105-304.pdf

Lanham Act (Trademark law): http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/tmlaw.pdf

Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ICANN): http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm

Guide to the CAN-SPAM Act: http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus61-can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business

Hacking statute: http://www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/1030_new.html