From Aunty’s friends over at the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy:

The Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy (ISIPP) is warning that all commercial e-mail senders are now required to either comply with the child protection e-mail address registries and registry laws of both Michigan and Utah, or risk penalties which can include prison and fines running to the thousands of dollars.

“It doesn’t matter what you think of these new laws,” explained Anne P. Mitchell, President and CEO of the Institute and a Professor of Internet Law at Lincoln Law School of San Jose, “they are both in effect right now. Like them or not, they are real, they are out there, and they’ll get you. Michigan’s law went into effect two weeks ago, and Utah’s became effective on July 15th. Both registries are now fully operational and accepting e-mail addresses, and if you send unpermitted e-mail to an address on either registry, you’ll…

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