Canada's new Anti-Spam law

[BelgarionRiva]

It seems to me newgrounds didn't read the fine print on this one. Businesses aren't allowed to email people with newsletters anymore unless they have their explicit consent every 6 months. Explicit consent is defined as a paper and pen signature. Since a newsletter can't be sent without the signature in the first place, it has to be physically mailed to newgrounds before they are allowed to send to a canadian a 'weekly top 10' email.

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/24/canadas-anti-spam-slashes-companys-email-lists/

Most companies lost 90% of their email advertisment base. Seems that I still get newgrounds newsletter.

[DM692]

That's not how federal advertising law works

[NekoMika]

You do know the emails are optional, right?

[BelgarionRiva]

At 7/30/14 09:22 PM, SCTE3 wrote: You do know the emails are optional, right?

I don't see it requesting a physical signature anywhere. It seems a little draconian to me. I guess I'm writing this here because newgrounds is the only thing I get newsletters from (and want them).

[Scintillating]

At 7/30/14 09:24 PM, BelgarionRiva wrote:

At 7/30/14 09:22 PM, SCTE3 wrote: You do know the emails are optional, right?

I don't see it requesting a physical signature anywhere. It seems a little draconian to me. I guess I'm writing this here because newgrounds is the only thing I get newsletters from (and want them).

Lol ain't nobody give a shit about your stupid canuck laws. What are they going to do, extradite Tom Fulp to maple-land? HAH

[Chronamut]

At 7/30/14 10:14 PM, Scintillating wrote: Lol ain't nobody give a shit about your stupid canuck laws. What are they going to do, extradite Tom Fulp to maple-land? HAH

psychogoldfish was originally canadian you know..

[yurgenburgen]

if the email is coming from a server outside of canada I doubt there's much anyone can do about it

[Chronamut]

there will be no more ham in a can in canada.

[BelgarionRiva]

At 7/30/14 10:14 PM, Scintillating wrote:

At 7/30/14 09:24 PM, BelgarionRiva wrote:

At 7/30/14 09:22 PM, SCTE3 wrote: You do know the emails are optional, right?

I don't see it requesting a physical signature anywhere. It seems a little draconian to me. I guess I'm writing this here because newgrounds is the only thing I get newsletters from (and want them).

Lol ain't nobody give a shit about your stupid canuck laws. What are they going to do, extradite Tom Fulp to maple-land? HAH

Well I heard the fine for individuals is 1million dollar and the fine for companies is 10 million dollars. Don't know if it goes across borders.

[EyeLovePoozy]

Listen up Canadians, you lovable rubes.

You should not be allowing your government to make legislation to control things like spam. Besides being absolutely useless, allowing your politicians to make these types of laws opens the door for them to legislate all types of other shit.

What's next?

A small fine if you talk shit about a politician on the internet?
Three months in jail if you mock the queen on social media?
Public flagellation if you blog about how the government should or shouldn't be doing something?

Seriously guys, don't drop the ball. In all honesty they're probably just testing the waters for this type of stuff with something as innocent sounding as laws to stop spam. That's how it starts, everything worsens incrementally afterwards...

[Amaranthus]

I don't like spam.

[Sirbrickrock]

At 7/31/14 10:08 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I don't like spam.

I know it's the worst!!

[Makakaov]

So America, when are you going to invade Canadian internet to give it freedom?

[Chronamut]

At 7/31/14 08:48 AM, EyeLovePoozy wrote: Listen up Canadians, you lovable rubes.

You should not be allowing your government to make legislation to control things like spam. Besides being absolutely useless, allowing your politicians to make these types of laws opens the door for them to legislate all types of other shit.

What's next?

A small fine if you talk shit about a politician on the internet?
Three months in jail if you mock the queen on social media?
Public flagellation if you blog about how the government should or shouldn't be doing something?
Categorizing americans as "neo-mexicans"

*writes all these down*

I will fwd these to stephen harper right away.

Now to label america as a "third world country"..

[NGPulp]

At 7/31/14 10:08 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I don't like spam.

I love it.

[Chronamut]

At 7/31/14 11:16 AM, NGPulp wrote:

At 7/31/14 10:08 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I don't like spam.

I love it.

I do not like green eggs and spam..

[NGPulp]

At 7/31/14 11:17 AM, Chronamut wrote:

At 7/31/14 11:16 AM, NGPulp wrote:

At 7/31/14 10:08 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I don't like spam.

I do not like green eggs and spam..

It's green eggs and HAM-- fucking HAM!

Fuckin' dolt.

[Chronamut]

At 7/31/14 11:20 AM, NGPulp wrote:

At 7/31/14 11:17 AM, Chronamut wrote:

At 7/31/14 11:16 AM, NGPulp wrote:

At 7/31/14 10:08 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I don't like spam.

I do not like green eggs and spam..

It's green eggs and HAM-- fucking HAM!

Fuckin' dolt.

green legs and flan

[KatMaestro]

I don't care about email spam. You can filter mails so that most spams can't get through. I care about the stupid spam call that even I put my phone on Do Not Call list, they still keep it coming. Canada need this.

[Chronamut]

At 7/31/14 11:50 AM, KatMaestro wrote: I don't care about email spam. You can filter mails so that most spams can't get through. I care about the stupid spam call that even I put my phone on Do Not Call list, they still keep it coming. Canada need this.

do what I did - get rid of your phone.

You'll be amazed with the internet just how much you don't actually NEED a phone.

[tox]

Newgrounds is american.. They are unaffected by this law

[KatMaestro]

At 7/31/14 11:51 AM, Chronamut wrote:

At 7/31/14 11:50 AM, KatMaestro wrote: I don't care about email spam. You can filter mails so that most spams can't get through. I care about the stupid spam call that even I put my phone on Do Not Call list, they still keep it coming. Canada need this.

do what I did - get rid of your phone.

You'll be amazed with the internet just how much you don't actually NEED a phone.

As someone who sits on fire every time a service/system down or have issue, a cellphone is what saved me from being fired.

[SansNumbers]

At 7/30/14 09:24 PM, BelgarionRiva wrote: I don't see it requesting a physical signature anywhere. It seems a little draconian to me.

You serious? Needing a physical signature to send you a newsletter online seems pretty draconian to me, especially since you can freely opt out of it most of the time anyway.

[NGPulp]

At 7/31/14 11:38 AM, Chronamut wrote:

At 7/31/14 11:20 AM, NGPulp wrote:

At 7/31/14 11:17 AM, Chronamut wrote:

At 7/31/14 11:16 AM, NGPulp wrote:

At 7/31/14 10:08 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I don't like spam.

I do not like green eggs and spam..

It's green eggs and HAM-- fucking HAM!

green legs and flan

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!