SAN FRANCISCO, CA - December 16, 2003 The Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy ("ISIPP") announced today that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer will open and provide the keynote address for their upcoming national Spam and the Law conference. Other speakers include Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, author and marketing guru Guy Kawasaki, and Internet Privacy Attorney Ray Everett-Church.

"A lot of people mistakenly believe that with the new Federal anti- spam law, which preempts state law, the states will no longer have a stake in fighting spam" said Anne P. Mitchell, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer of ISIPP. "However states can still bring their own anti-spam actions under the new Federal law; states are still very much in the game."

California recently passed one of the toughest anti-spam laws in the nation, which was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2004, had it not been superceded by the passage of the Federal law.

"Attorney General Lockyer and the California legislature are strong advocates for consumer protection generally, and with respect to privacy and spam issues specifically," added Mitchell. "The passage of the California anti-spam law demonstrated a commitment to the issues and to protection of consumer inboxes, and the passage of the Federal law in no way diminishes that commitment, as is evidenced by Attorney General Lockyer's taking time out of his busy schedule to address the conference. We very much appreciate his involvement and concern for the issues."

ISIPP's national Spam and the Law conference is scheduled for January 22, 2004, at the Westin Hotel at San Francisco Airport, and is sponsored in part by WhatCounts, Informz, TalkBizNews, and eDeliverability. For more information see http://www.isipp.com/events.php, or send email to conference@isipp.com

A limited number of press passes are available on a first-come first- served basis. To request a press pass contact press@isipp.com.