E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of March 3, 2008

The Supreme Court of Virginia has affirmed the nation's first felony spamming conviction.  Jeremy Jaynes was convicted in Loudoun County, Virginia and sentenced to nine years in prison for sending more than ten thousand unsolicited emails to AOL subscribers.  His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Virginia in September 2006.

(Link:  Virginia court upholds prolific spammer's conviction at SilliconValley.com)

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