State lawmakers in Pennsylvania are close to passing a bill requiring sexually-oriented e-mail to be labeled as such. It's already passed both houses of the state legislature, but it's back in the state Senate for a vote on some late changes. And if it is signed into law, it would make Pennsylvania the fifth state to have such a law. nrnSponsored by Sen. Melissa Hart, an Allegheny Republican, the bill would require those marketing porn or other adult material online to label e-mails as ADV-ADULT, and Internet service providers could use filtering software to block such advertisements from their users. nrnHart has said the idea was keeping children from opening porn spam after parents expressed alarm over a lack of control of e-mail content. She said her bill would give parents help blocking porn spam without compromising free speech. nrnEven disregarding the porn side of the measure, it's one of the tougher anti-spam law proposals going. If it is signed into law, spammers sending porn spam without the label could get five years behind bars and $10,000 fines for a first offense. A second offense would be called a felony, meaning up to seven years behind bars and a $15,000 fine - and, if the return address is false in either case, that means up to $1,000 fine and 90 days to a year in the calaboose. nrnThe Hart bill has its critics, though, with one law professor telling APBNews it's nothing more than a content-labeling approach which won't really nail the point and ducks the real problem with spam - time consumption and resource waste. And United Adult Sites executive director Mark Tiarra told APBNews warning labels won't stop minors from opening porn spam e-mails while also not stopping people from spoofing e-mail addresses to deflect trouble.
All models were at least 18 years old at the time of their performance. 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement.
