Spam Banned in CA with Fines to $1 million

California seized the anti-spam lead among governments yesterday when Gov. Davis signed the bill into law according to this Yahoo News article. The CA law bans sending unsolicited commercial email to California residents or from California to anyone. Gov. Davis has done at least one thing very right during his potentially shortened term. [Dana Baggett]

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