VA Court: Anti-spam law violates free speech rights
The Virginia Supreme Court, in a case involving the first felony conviction of a spammer in the U.S., has ruled that the state’s anti-spamming law violates First Amendment protections for anonymous speech. Arthur Bright at the Citizen Media Law Project reports on the decision: It looks like Jeremy Jaynes, the first person in the United States to be convicted of a felony for spamming, is going to get a free pass, thanks to a decision