“The legislation Congress is considering would legalise opt-out spamming,” Linford argued. “All the US spammers we track support the Bill because it means they wouldn’t have to hide any more.”
“If the US passes an opt-out law, which I believe is likely to happen by the start of next year, the spam problem would explode. Providing they don’t use deceptive subject lines any one of 23 million small US business could begin spamming,” he added.” [The Register]