In the United States, U.S. Congress has also passed a law, the Can Spam Act of 2003, attempting to regulate such email.

The federal government's new junk e-mail law, the Can Spam Act, barely rated a mention.

In Australia, the Spam Act 2003 outlaws some forms of web harvesting, although this only applies to email addresses.

In Australia, the relevant legislation is the Spam Act 2003 which covers some types of email and phone spam, which took effect on 11 April 2004.

The Spam Act provides that "Unsolicited commercial electronic messages must not be sent."

The Spam Act 2003 was passed in 2003 as federal legislation by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Those opposing spam greeted the new law with dismay and disappointment, almost immediately dubbing it the "You Can Spam" Act.

The United States Congress passes the Can Spam Act of 2003.

The Can Spam Act, which was recently introduced in the Senate, is another law this group favors.

Defenders of the Can Spam Act say blaming any one law is far too simple.