[LINK] Federal Court spam decision

[Graham Greenleaf]

James,

At 3:49 PM +1000 28/10/06, Antony Barry wrote:
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>>From: "Australian Communications & Media Authority" <publishing at acma.gov.au>
>>Date: 27 October 2006 5:10:35 PM
>>To: <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
>>Subject: MR129-2006: ACMA welcomes Federal Court spam decision
>>Reply-To: media at acma.gov.au
>>
>>The Australian Communications and Media Authority welcomes the 
>>decision of Justice Nicholson in the Federal Court in Perth today 
>>to award a pecuniary penalty of $4.5 million against Clarity1 Pty 
>>Ltd and $1 million against its managing director, Mr Wayne 
>>Mansfield, for contravening the Spam Act 2003 (Spam Act). ACMA's 
>>prosecution of Clarity1 is the first prosecution under the Spam 
>>Act. The full media release can be viewed at 
>>http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER:STANDARD::pc=PC_100888
>>


This decision from Friday might be worth a news mention. The decision 
itself should be on AustLII from early next week. I'll chase it if 
you want it.

Cheers,

Graham
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