Comment Re:The EFF sure taught the industry a lesson! (Score 5, Informative) 252
I like it!
But actually, it doesn't have a fancy latin name: it's just called "mailing of unordered merchandise". The federal statute is 39 U.S.C. 3009, and it was cited and analyzed at length in the judge's opinion (linked to from the EFF press release). The statute is designed to combat exactly this sort of scam: a company sends you something you didn't ask for, then imposes conditions on your ownership of it (like saying you can't sell it, or saying you have to pay for it).
Joe Gratz
(attorney for the defendant in UMG v. Augusto, but speaking here only for himself)
But actually, it doesn't have a fancy latin name: it's just called "mailing of unordered merchandise". The federal statute is 39 U.S.C. 3009, and it was cited and analyzed at length in the judge's opinion (linked to from the EFF press release). The statute is designed to combat exactly this sort of scam: a company sends you something you didn't ask for, then imposes conditions on your ownership of it (like saying you can't sell it, or saying you have to pay for it).
Joe Gratz
(attorney for the defendant in UMG v. Augusto, but speaking here only for himself)
