Volume III

Issue : 8: April 21, 2005

• Injunction Granted Against Microsoft Could Affect Next Windows Release
• Leading Law Firm Initiates Legal Action over Anonymous Online Posting
• ICANN Officially Approves Two New Domain Names
• Personal Information Legislation Introduced in the United States
• File Sharing Suits against Users Spread to Asia
• eBay Accused of Fraud in Class Action Lawsuit
• New Commission to Regulate Internet Gambling in U.K.
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada Releases Findings from CIBC Privacy Inquiry
• Jury Sentences North Carolina Spammer to Nine Year Prison Term

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Jury Sentences North Carolina Spammer to Nine Year Prison Term

A spammer was convicted in the United States' first felony prosecution for spamming and sentenced to nine years in prison. A jury recommended a prison term for Jeremy Jaynes of North Carolina who had sent at least 10 million e-mails a day with the help of 16 high-speed lines. However, the sentence was postponed while the case is being appealed. In postponing the prison term, the judge acknowledged that the law targeting bulk e-mail distribution is new and could raise constitutional objections.

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