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A federal judge has refused to accept a guilty plea from a former America Online employee accused of selling the Internet provider's customer list to a “spammer,” saying he was unsure a crime had been committed. The judge is unsure whether the actions by the ex-AOL employee, who is accussed of selling AOL's customer list to a spammer, rose to the level requred by a new anti-spam law. Read the full story at CNN.

The frist ever felony indictment under Virginia's tough anti-spam law was announced today at AOL corporate headquarters. The accused spammer, listed as one of the top 10 offenders in the world by http://www.spamhaus.org/, was identified with the help of AOL users who utilized the “Report Spam” button in their email application. “We applaud Attorney General Kilgore's swift action to vigorously enforce… Read More