Sunday, September 22, 2002
California bans SMS spam to cell phones
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958789.html
I don't pay much attention to what goes on in the legislature in the People's Republic of California much because, quite frankly, it scares me, but this is great news and one instance in where I hope the rest of the country follows suit. "On Thursday, Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill that would prohibit companies from spamming mobile phones and pagers with unwanted text messages. The law, sponsored by Assemblyman Tim Leslie, R-Tahoe City, goes into effect in January."
It remains to be seen how effecitve the law is. Anti-spam laws seem next to worthless because so few are sucessfully prosecuted. I love the messaging feature on my phone and here in Tennessee we don't have phone spam yet, but I am sure it is coming. We aren't a big target market as I think there are only three of us that know how to use the messaging, but ho-boy do we know how to download "Dixie" ringtones.
I don't pay much attention to what goes on in the legislature in the People's Republic of California much because, quite frankly, it scares me, but this is great news and one instance in where I hope the rest of the country follows suit. "On Thursday, Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill that would prohibit companies from spamming mobile phones and pagers with unwanted text messages. The law, sponsored by Assemblyman Tim Leslie, R-Tahoe City, goes into effect in January."
It remains to be seen how effecitve the law is. Anti-spam laws seem next to worthless because so few are sucessfully prosecuted. I love the messaging feature on my phone and here in Tennessee we don't have phone spam yet, but I am sure it is coming. We aren't a big target market as I think there are only three of us that know how to use the messaging, but ho-boy do we know how to download "Dixie" ringtones.
