Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy: News
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL LOCKYER
TO ADDRESS SPAM AND THE LAW CONFERENCE
Top lawmaker to join all-star lineup of speakers
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - December 16, 2003 The Institute for Spam and
Internet Public Policy ("ISIPP") announced today that California
Attorney General Bill Lockyer will open and provide the keynote address for their
upcoming national Spam and the Law conference. Other speakers
include Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, author and marketing
guru
Guy Kawasaki, and Internet Privacy Attorney Ray Everett-Church.
"A lot of people mistakenly believe that with the new Federal anti-
spam law, which preempts state law, the states will no longer have a
stake
in fighting spam" said Anne P. Mitchell, Esq., President and Chief
Executive Officer of ISIPP. "However states can still bring their own
anti-spam actions under the new Federal law; states are still very much
in the game."
California recently passed one of the toughest anti-spam laws in the
nation, which was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2004, had it
not
been superceded by the passage of the Federal law.
"Attorney General Lockyer and the California legislature are strong
advocates for consumer protection generally, and with respect to
privacy and spam issues specifically," added Mitchell. "The passage of
the California anti-spam law demonstrated a commitment to the issues and
to protection of consumer inboxes, and the passage of the Federal law in
no way diminishes that commitment, as is evidenced by Attorney General
Lockyer's taking time out of his busy schedule to address the
conference.
We very much appreciate his involvement and concern for the issues."
ISIPP's national Spam and the Law conference is scheduled for January
22,
2004, at the Westin Hotel at San Francisco Airport, and is sponsored in
part by WhatCounts, Informz, TalkBizNews, and eDeliverability. For more
information see http://www.isipp.com/events.php, or send email to
conference@isipp.com
A limited number of press passes are available on a first-come first-
served basis. To request a press pass contact press@isipp.com.
