Spam Ordeal

Geoffrey Huntley writes: "I was sent this URL the other day by a friend. It's a Web page detailing the efforts, Kane Bullen went through to get himself removed from a unsolicited mailing list, and ends up making a profit from it." Cute.

Comments

I've seem similar

[crovax]

Take a web page and post your e-mail with a disclamer saying something like "Any person(s) who send(s) unsolicited commercial e-mail [spam] to this address will be subject to a fine of X dollars" where X is the smallest dollar ammount allowed in small claims court in your area.
As long as that is the only place your e-mail is published it should work.
I've heard of people getting $300 or $400 after spending an hour in court.

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[SEWilco]

Gee, too bad his feedback form at the bottom of the page doesn't work with my Netscape...

Not such a great victory

[dmuth]

IMHO, this isn't such a great victory for the anti-spam community. Rather, I think this is a case of a business wanting to pay the person money up front (think "settlement"), as opposed to having to fight a lawsuit at some point in the future. (Not that there would be much basis for one, but they might not know that...)

I think of it as tripping and falling on the sidewalk in front of a business - If you bitch to the business owner, he'll probally pay you $n, where n is two digits, to replace your torn pants, as opposed to having n be 4 or 5 digits if he doesn't do anything and you decide to sue him for negligence.

So....

[MrScience]

Does he get another check now that they sent him another letter (albiet with a check inside)? :-)