Italy Goes Opt-in, Law States Senders of Unsolicited Bulk Email Now Face Jail

According to a recent posting on Spamhaus.org[1][2], spamming is now 
a crime in Italy. According to the official release[3], "those who 
send email advertisements without the consent of the address owners 
will go to jail".

The rest of Europe will be implementing the same EU directive by 31 
October of this year; Italy decided to implement it a little bit 
early. Now, if only the rest of the world could follow suit.

See the URL's below for more information.

[1] 
http://www.spamhaus.org/index.lasso?-database=sbl_news&-layout=detail&-response=newsstory.lasso&-recordID=19&-search
[2] http://tinyurl.com/mhvb if [1] wraps.
[3] http://www.garanteprivacy.it/garante/doc.jsp?ID=272444

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