Strasbourg, 15/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the report by Marco Cappato (Italy, TDI) with 339 in favour, 92 against and 89 abstentions, the European Parliament amended the Council's common position on electronic communications. It decided to let Member States decide, within the context of their own legislation, whether electronic mail sent for commercial purposes (e-spam) should be authorised with the prior consent of subscribers ("opt-in") or whether the latter should have the...