A US federal appeals court said Friday that a law restricting junk faxes was constitutional, setting a precedent that favors legal attempts to restrict unsolicited e-mail.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling, concluding that a 1991 federal law banning unsolicited fax advertising did not violate the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of expression.
Congress's goal of "restricting unsolicited fax advertisements in order to prevent the cost shifting and interference such unwanted advertising places on the recipient" was reasonable, a three-judge panel ruled.
We can only hope this decision will help to reduce spam eh?
News source: cnet
