[TriLUG] NC spam laws?

[Chris Hedemark]

On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 01:33 PM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> Well, I know it apparently doesn't apply to "political" speech.  
> Someone
> tried to sue Elizabeth Dole for spamming them and the case was 
> dismissed
> because the NC law only applies to "commercial" speech.  Other than
> that, I don't know much, but would like to learn more.

This was absolutely commercial.  The guy was sending out a Java 
newsletter with his Java consulting business prominently pimped all 
over it.  It was more like a flat out advertisement with a thin veil of 
newsletter draped over it.

Here are the full headers:

From: "John Voris Consulting Inc" <jvoris at axs2000.net>
Date: Mon May 5, 2003  12:16:43 PM America/New_York
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Subject: JUGHead - Java Happenings, Apr vol 05.05.03
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