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The Anti-Spam Bill: New Name, Roughly Same Bill

By Michael Geist

The government today introduced Bill C-28, the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act.  The bill carries a new name from the old Bill C-27 (which was titled the Electronic Commerce Protection Act), but the bill is roughly the same as the bill that passed the House of Commons last year.  That bill was subject to considerable change based on compromises from all parties.  The resulting bill was not as strong as first introduced, but it did garner the support of all four political parties and most observers.  The new bill contains some modest changes involving privacy, but most of the core provisions remain unchanged.  It deserves broad support and should be placed on the fast track given that it was effectively the subject of extensive hearings from the Industry Committee.  For more on the original bill, see here, here, here, and here.  A transcript of my appearance before the Industry Committee can be found here.

Full post as published by Michael Geist on May 25, 2010 (boomark / email).