“At issue, the judge said, is whether the actions rose to the level required by a new anti-spam law, which states that spam must be not only annoying but deceptive.” Via [Alice and Bill.com]

You can never be sure that a news report isn’t about some legal “crossing the ts and dotting the is” but the idea that anyone could question the deceptive character of bulk email is amazing. While the online community is busy playa-hating the RIAA and MPAA, they give a free pass to the direct-marketing lobby and credit-card companies that enable this life-clogging plague.