Georgia’s Internet citizenry got a treat yesterday as Governor Sonny Perdue introduced legislation aimed at making spamming the good citizens of Georgia (or, indeed, by the good citizens of Georgia) a criminal offense.

The proposed legislation, known as the “Georgia Slam Spam E-mail Act” (gotta work on those acronyms, Mr. Perdue), would criminalize the sending of spam under certain circumstances, including sending more than 10,000 messages a day, generating large sums of money from spamming activities ($1000 from a single spam or $50,000 in total), or employing minors in the commission of the spam. Spam is defined in the bill as… [Continued…]