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"last chance!" Fraudulent marketing
The Advertising Standards Authority is the body in the UK that regulates advertising, and is backstopped legally by Trading Standards.
In both the "CAP" code that covers non-broadcast media (...
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How does CAN-SPAM apply to physical mail promotions?
CAN-SPAM applies to "commercial electronic mail", which is defined as "any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a ...
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Can the government force spammers to disclose how they got my e-mail address?
A Commerce Clause challenge would fail
A Commerce Clause challenge seems like a sure loser. Under the Commerce Clause, Congress “has authority to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of ...
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Is it legal to sell currency at a price lower than face value?
Is it legal to sell currency at a price lower than face value?
Yes. In fact, to donate is the act of transferring for free the ownership of something. Outlawing a transaction that is less extreme ...
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Would xkcd's lawn care business stimulus proposal be legal?
It would be a novel application, but this could be the tort of public nuisance: an unreasonable interference with public rights (in this case, property rights of those whose lawns did not have chests ...
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How does CAN-SPAM apply to physical mail promotions?
I hate junk mail in my mailbox. While CAN-SPAM certainly won't apply, you can refuse the mail.
Just write "refused" on it, put it back in the mailbox, and raise the flag. The mailman must ...
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How does CAN-SPAM apply to physical mail promotions?
You have a right to prohibit any advertisement mailed to you by declaring it sexually arousing.
39 USC § 3008 allows you to file an order to stop the mailing of any "advertisement which offers ...
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Can the government force spammers to disclose how they got my e-mail address?
Commercial emails are highly regulated especially under the CAN-SPAM Act, so the federal government could pass amendments to the existing law to implement your suggestion. Depending on the exact law ...
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