FOURTH EXAM:

• What does the acronym CAN-SPAM stand for?
   
  
• According to Congress, why was the statute necessary?
   
  
• According to Congress, how does SPAM have an economic affect on recipients and Internet service providers?
   
  
• Could the statute pass muster under the Central Hudson test? For example, did Congress articulate a substantial justification for regulating SPAM?

• When did the statute become effective?
   
  
• Which e-mail is covered? Which e-mail is exempted from most of the statute's provisions?
   
  
• Which federal agencies are authorized to enforce the statute?
   
  
• Know the law's main provisions.
   
  
• Each violation of the main provisions is subject to fines of up to what?
   
  
• The statute also allows additional fines for commercial e-mailers who also do what?
   
  

• Any person who initiates the transmission of a commercial electronic mail message that includes sexually oriented material must do what to the e-mail?

• What does it prohibit and require?
   
  
• What are the penalities?
   
  
• What liability do e-mail service providers have for allowing spam or attempting to block spam?

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