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To: DMaA who wrote (16667)	7/16/1998 1:08:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Man collects $200 under 'anti-spam' law Posted at 12:09 a.m. PDT Thursday, July 16, 1998 SEATTLE (AP) -- A Seattle man has collected $200 from a company that sent him unsolicited commercial e-mail, apparently the first to collect under Washington state's ''anti-spam'' law. ''I'm sure people will be very happy to see somebody claim a victory for the Net,'' said Bruce Miller, a contributor to computer publications. The law, which took effect June 11, bans unsolicited commercial e-mail that misrepresents its source so consumers cannot respond by simply hitting the reply button, Assistant Attorney General Paula Selis said Wednesday. It also targets ''spam'' containing misleading header information that suggests the material comes from someone else, she said. The law allows recipients to collect $500 and Internet service providers to collect up to $1,000 or actual damages for each item of unwanted spam. It applies only to e-mail received in or sent from Washington state, Selis said. Miller had complained about Stan Smith, a Salem, Ore., distributor of Tahitian Noni Juice who used spam to pitch the product. He called the 800-number provided and received a packet in the mail that included an address for ordering. Miller printed out the original spam and wrote to Smith. He basically threatened legal action and said, ''p.s., I'm willing to settle for $200,'' Selis said. Nevada has a law under which consumers who receive spam can ask not to be sent any more and senders must comply or face penalties. While anti-spam legislation is under consideration in Congress, ''to my knowledge, Washington is the only state other than Nevada that has anything on its books right now,'' Selis said. o~~~ O

To: DMaA who wrote (16667)	7/16/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: drmorgan	Respond to of 22053

>> If they pull this off it'll be the biggest turn around since Chrysler. << Yes, but AAPL didn't need a Government loan. They just needed to Axe thousands of employees! Things on the surface look better but deep down did they cut too deep? Can they gain any market share? I don't think they will and I'm not at all convinced their new spiffy little computer is going to do that (gain mkt share) for them. I see MACS as a niche market only, Graphic designers and college students and that I don't see will be enough to cut into the Wintel/AMD? pie very much.