[LINK] Fwd: MR 151/2009: Million dollar penalties issued in first SMS spam case [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Antony Barry]

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> From: "Australian Communications & Media Authority"  
> <media at acma.gov.au>
> Date: 23 October 2009 6:52:21 PM AEDT
> To: <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
> Subject: MR 151/2009: Million dollar penalties issued in first SMS  
> spam case [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
> Reply-To: media at acma.gov.au
>
> In a landmark decision today, the Federal Court in Brisbane imposed  
> a total of $15.75 million in penalties for contraventions of the  
> Spam Act 2003 (the Spam Act), following the Australian  
> Communications and Media Authority’s first court action taken  
> against unsolicited SMS messages.
> The full release can be found at: http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311937
>