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Ch. 470
2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(II) MORE THAN 100 COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES
DURING A 30-DAY PERIOD; OR
(III) MORE THAN 1,000 COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES
DURING A 1-YEAR PERIOD.
(11) (12) "PROTECTED COMPUTER" MEANS A COMPUTER USED:
(I) EXCLUSIVELY BY STATE GOVERNMENT OR A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION; OR
(II) BY OR FOR STATE GOVERNMENT OR A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION; OR
(III) IN INTRASTATE OR INTERSTATE COMMUNICATION.
(12) (13) "ROUTINE CONVEYANCE" MEANS THE TRANSMISSION,
ROUTING, RELAYING, HANDLING, OR STORING, THROUGH AN AUTOMATIC
TECHNICAL PROCESS, OF AN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE FOR WHICH ANOTHER
PERSON HAS IDENTIFIED THE RECIPIENTS OR PROVIDED THE RECIPIENT
ADDRESSES.
(B) A PERSON MAY NOT CONSPIRE TO OR KNOWINGLY:
(1) USE A PROTECTED COMPUTER OF ANOTHER TO RELAY OR
RETRANSMIT MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES WITH THE
INTENT TO DECEIVE OR MISLEAD RECIPIENTS OR AN INTERNET ELECTRONIC MAIL
SERVICE PROVIDER AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE MESSAGE;
(2) MATERIALLY FALSIFY HEADER INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE
COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES AND INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE
TRANSMISSION OF THE MESSAGES;
(3) REGISTER, USING INFORMATION THAT MATERIALLY FALSIFIES THE
IDENTITY OF THE ACTUAL REGISTRANT, FOR FIVE 15 OR MORE ELECTRONIC MAIL
ACCOUNTS OR ON-LINE USER ACCOUNTS OR TWO OR MORE DOMAIN NAMES AND
INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL
ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES FROM ONE OR ANY COMBINATION OF ACCOUNTS OR
DOMAIN NAMES; OR
(4) CONSPIRE TO OR FALSELY REPRESENT THE RIGHT TO USE FIVE OR
MORE INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES AND INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE
TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES FROM
THE INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES;
(5) ACCESS A PROTECTED COMPUTER OF ANOTHER WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION, AND INTENTIONALLY INITIATE THE TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE
ELECTRONIC MAIL ADVERTISEMENTS FROM OR THROUGH THE PROTECTED
COMPUTER;
(6) VIOLATE ITEM (1), (2), (3), (4), OR (5) OF THIS SUBSECTION BY
PROVIDING OR SELECTING ADDRESSES TO WHICH A MESSAGE WAS TRANSMITTED,
KNOWING THAT:
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