[Scspamcop] Re: hillary clinton campaign spam

[Michael R N Dolbear]

Tim McGraw <tmcgraw at spamcop.net> wrote 

> Twayne wrote:
> >> geekyguy wrote:
> >>> I'm receiving these campaign support requests at an email address
> >>> that was somehow harvested or obtained against my will.
> >> The U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 exempts political speech and,
therefore,
> >> bulk email sent by politicians.
> > 
> > Can you cite a source for that information please?

> (A) IN GENERAL- The term `commercial electronic mail message' means
any 
> electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the
commercial 
> advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service
(including 
> content on an Internet website operated for a commercial purpose).

Which is much the same as the coverage of the US telephone Do Not Call
List and for the same (interpretation of the First Amendment) reasons.
State anti-Spam laws may apply but an appeal on Constitutional grounds
seems inevitable.

Now if you got an account with a Brit or other EU provider you would
find the EU Direct Marketing rules don't include that political &
religious loophole as the Scottish National Party found wrt robot phone
calls.

http://www.ipit-update.com/ictdp07.htm

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032426.htm

-- 
Mike D