July 1st, 2005 new laws that supersede the CANSPAM act went into effect in Michigan and Utah thanks to child-protection legislation.

The law was suppose to protect children from viewing porn and other related adult ads, but there is no proof that it has accomplished this goal.

In the state of Michigan, 3,000 parents and 27 schools have signed up for the registration according to a recent Detroit Free Press article — but many are reporting disappointment because nothing has changed even though they are now on the DNE (Do Not E-mail) list.

Perhaps the real issue is that this new law is very hard to enforce, not to mention the lack of additional state budgets to pay for its enforcement.

Back on July 1st, 2005, I wrote this article: How The New Email Laws From Michigan and Utah Affect Ezine Publishers — along with useful related links about this issue.

Part of the real challenge in this laws design is that it is quite expensive on the part of legitimate law-abiding ezine publishers who pay thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to have their lists scrubbed against the MI and UT DNE lists — meanwhile, spammers do not normally engage in law abiding activities, often hiding under anonymity.

Christopher M. Knight is an e-mail publishing geek that offers free e-mail publishing tools via his weekly newsletter that can help you grow your e-mail newsletter, improve your e-mail deliverability, and solve e-mail newsletter problems: http://Ezine-Tips.com/

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