"Safeguards should be provided for subscribers against intrusion of their privacy by unsolicited communications for direct marketing purposes in particular by means of automated calling machine, telefaxes and email, including SMS messages. These forms of unsolicited commercial communications may on the one hand be relatively cheap and easy to send and on the other may impose a burden and/or cost on the recipient. Moreover, in some cases their volume may also cause difficulties for electronic communications networks and terminal equipment. For such forms of unsolicited communications for direct marketing, it is justified to require that prior explicit consent of the recipients is obtained before such communications are addressed to them."
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 12th July 2002
Press Release (27th Dec 2005)
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Spam Laws around the world
Channel Islands Domain Names (.JE and .GG)
D L Legal LLP (Internet and IP Lawyers, London)
Lawdit Ltd (Internet law firm, Southampton)
The Spamhaus Project
Please note
I think it's only fair to note that Media Logistics GmbH appears to have nothing to do with the UK company of similar name. If looking for Media Logistics, the design and multimedia authoring company, their website is in the .COM domain (whereas the Scottish email marketing company has their website in the .NET domain).
Media coverage of Roberts -v- Media Logistics (UK) Ltd
BBC News
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Channel 4
The Times
The Guardian
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Daily Mirror
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Daily Record
East Anglian Daily Times
Manchester Evening News
Evening Times
New Zealand Herald
UK and European online media
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The Register (Kieren Mccarthy)
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The European Movement
Top Tech News
Benjamin Cohen's column in Times Online
Platinax
ZDnet
Nederlands
Webfactor Nieuwsblad
Zibb.NL
Web Wereld
Tweakers
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digitoday.fi (Suomi/Finnish)
La Vanguardia (Spanish)
Security Net (Polish)
Hungarian Interior Ministry (Hungarian)
bug.hr (Croatian)
DN Kiev (Ukrainian)
Rambler Media Group (Russian)
A different slant on the story
Marketing Improvement
World coverage
English
Real Tech News (USA)
Newkerala (India)
Techtree (India)
stuff.co.nz (New Zealand)
The Missing Amendment (USA)
Techdirt
Viruslist.com
TMCnet
Bit Tech
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El Universal (Mexico)
24 Horas Libre (Peru)
mouse.cl (Chile)
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