'European Parliament Approves Ban on Spam (GigaLaw.com) The European Parliament has voted to ban the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail. The new European directive should be in place some time next year and would mean that people will have to "opt in" or ask to receive commercial e-mail.
'INNOVATIONS (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) The postcard came, unsolicited, in the office mail. "Keep your Viagra securely on hand!" was the headline over a photograph of a rectangular-shaped man's ring. The top flipped open and, surprise! Inside the ring is a receptacle for the ubiquitous oval blue pill, Viagra.
'Online Con Artists Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail (GigaLaw.com) The 12-year prison sentences doled out to a pair of online con artists caught in a multi-agency Internet fraud sweep should serve as a warning that virtual scammers can spend a long time in real jail cells, federal authorities said.
'Cannes: a user's guide (Independent) It's a recognised illness: Cannes Fever. In its most extreme form, it affects people while they're actually at the festival, and it manifests itself as a terrible delusion: that nothing in the world matters except events on a short strip of beachfront promenade a few miles from Nice.
