Spam in the United States
Spam in E-Commerce Law
Spam and the Legal Aspects of E-Commerce
Spam
Overview of Spam in relation to cyber crime: [1] The word ''SPAM'' has been in use almost 70 years, long before it described advertising related email. ''SPAM'' was first coined (and trademarked) in 1937 as the brand name of a canned pork product that is still made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. Hormel's official SPAM Web site recommends that capital letters be used when referring to its meat product, and that lowercase letters (i.e., ''spam'') should be used to refer to unsolicited advertising emails.
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Notes and References
- By Kelly Socia
See Also
- Types of Cybercrime
- Cybercriminal
Further Reading
At 30, Spam going nowhere soon. (2008). All Things Considered: National Public Radio; Hormel. (2006). SPAM and the Internet. Hormel Web site: http://www.spam.com/legal/spam/; IT Security. (2008). The real cost of spam. IT Security Web site: http://www.itsecurity.com/features/real-cost-of-spam-121007/; ISPs charge to deliver mass e-mails. (2006, May/June). The Information Management Journal, 40(3), 20; Kirk, J. (2006, May 22). Alleged e-mail ''bomber'' faces trial after ruling. ComputerWorld, 40(21), 18; McQuade, S. (2006). Understanding and managing cybercrime. Boston: Allyn and Bacon; Miller, C. (2005, August). Mobile spam: Coming to your mobile phone? Law Enforcement Technology, 32(8), 44, 46–49; Rockbridge Associates. (2005). 2004 National technology readiness survey. Retrieved from http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ntrs/NTRS_2004.pdf; Spam invades India. (2006, May/June). The Information Management Journal, 40(1), 16.
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- Internet Discovery
- Internet Evidence
- Internet Jurisdiction
- Trade Secrets
- Trademark
- Weblogs
- Cyberlaw