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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by thisisbrians on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:07PM (#23096316)
I'm not an expert, but the FTC definitely regulates how emails can be sent (SPAM laws). I'm not sure if the act of creating a list and selling it without the consent of the emailees is regulated, however.
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by baddox on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:48PM (#23096707)
The CAN-SPAM Act doesn’t generally prohibit unsolicited marketing emails, but rather it has various restrictions on the behavior and content of those emails. It’s probably less restrictive than most tech-savvy people think. L

That said, there is a restriction against sending messages to harvested emails, although I’m not sure how that’s defined or what legal precedents there are regarding that.

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