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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>California</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> passed a spam law allowing
recipients to sue spammers</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.spamlaws.com/state/ca1.html">http://www.spamlaws.com/state/ca1.html</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>part of it</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>§ 17529.8.</span></font></b>
(a) (1) In addition to any other remedies provided by this article or by any
other provisions of law, a recipient of an unsolicited commercial e-mail
advertisement transmitted in violation of this article, an electronic mail
service provider, or the Attorney General may bring an action against an entity
that violates any provision of this article to recover either or both of the
following: </p>
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(A) Actual damages. </span></font></p>
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(B) Liquidated damages of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each
unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement transmitted in violation of Section
17529.2, up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) per incident. </span></font></p>
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(2) The recipient, an electronic mail service provider, or the Attorney
General, if the prevailing plaintiff, may also recover reasonable attorney's
fees and costs. </span></font></p>
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(3) However, there shall not be a cause of action against an electronic
mail service provider that is only involved in the routine transmission of the
unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement over its computer network. </span></font></p>
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(b) If the court finds that the defendant established and implemented,
with due care, practices and procedures reasonably designed to effectively
prevent unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisements that are in violation of
this article, the court shall reduce the liquidated damages recoverable under
subdivision (a) to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each unsolicited
commercial e-mail advertisement, or a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) per incident.</span></font></p>
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