July 20, 2004 7:59 AM PDT
Spam sender settles N.Y. case
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New York?s attorney general reaches settlement with Scott Richter, a prominent Internet marketer who runs OptInRealBig.com.
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Join the conversation! Add your comment (Log in or register)- It shows why the advertiser needs to be accountable!
- This story shows whyu it is important that the advertiser: the one who sells the product or service advertised in the spam, needs to be legally responsible for the sending of the spam. If the law defines this liability (and I understand that CAN-SPAM does to some extent) then there is someone that can be sued and no need to go into the intricate details of complex agreements between all the parties involved. The party paying for the campaign should be held accountable, and this way it would be necessary for that party to choose its agents carefully, and probably to insure itself against liability (which in turn would require that it only use agents aproved by the insurer...)
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