Monday, July 28, 2003

"'We’re going to see a lot more spam, instead of less,' said David Sorkin, who teaches a spam law course at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. 'What most of the state statutes do is legitimize spam as long as you don’t also commit fraud.' [Stateline.org] 9:36:23 PM    comment

"Measuring the cost of spam, which takes into account such factors as lost productivity and wasted time, is an imprecise science, and estimates on its total toll vary: Ferris Research reckons that spam cost the United States $10 billion in 2003, while Nucleus Research pegs the U.S. cost around $87 billion." [New York Times (Free registration req'.)] 8:08:00 PM    comment

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