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Originally posted by leagleaze
Phew :partytime
Except...we're kind of in the 3rd circuit.
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Perhaps more importantly, e-mail criticizing former employer is protected.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/07/01/em....ap/index.html
In a 4-3 decision Monday, the California Supreme Court overturned a lower-court injunction barring Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi from sending e-mail to his former colleagues. Santa Clara-based Intel had sought the injunction, arguing that Hamidi was trespassing on its computer servers just as though he were intruding on private property.
"He no more invaded Intel's property than does a protester holding a sign or shouting through a bullhorn outside corporate headquarters, posting a letter through the mail, or telephoning to complain of a corporate practice," Justice Kathryn Werdegar wrote for the in majority.
The majority's reasoning does not give a legal nod to those sending spam, or unsolicited e-mail, en masse, she noted.
Edited to add the important part: She added that Intel's chief concern was the content of his e-mails, which are protected speech.
