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Lawsuits Against Spammers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the scum-of-the-earth-eat-me dept.

apc writes "Pretty good overview of the state of the law regarding spammers, and some stories about people who have sued them and won. Nice to see the topic getting mainstream attention." It talks about several different states and several different people who have won cases. I still think its fairly hopeless, but I also believe forging SMTP headers should be legally punishable by castration.

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  1. "should be punishable by castration" by Stone+Rhino · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And I assuming the removed body parts would be affixed to the male spammers female coworkers?

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    1. Re:"should be punishable by castration" by Stone+Rhino · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      there are female spammers you know, so this can't be universal.

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  2. Castration? by frostgiant · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "but I also believe forging SMTP headers should be legally punishable by castration"

    I also believe publishing laugable stories about an "XBox emulator" without actually testing it first should be punishable by castration.

    1. Re:Castration? by Skim123 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      It's called Female Sexual Castration (FSC) or sometimes referred to as genital mutilation, and is performed (forcefully, no doubt) in a number of African nations.

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  3. Castration? by the+bluebrain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...ouch! I mean, who, having come across RFC 821, hasn't thought to themselves "woo ... spoofable ... cool", and tried it out?
    I foresee the end of silicon valley, within a generation, at a tender age, if such legislation were passed.

    ...how about caning?

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  4. What? by autopr0n · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That's not castration, the women can still have children. It's more commonly called 'female circumcision' or 'cliterectomy'(sp?)

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  5. Re:PALESTINIANS KILL CHILDREN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hope the Israelis would start their biological war against the arabs already! They're trying to find DNA sequences unique for arabs and target these with viral agents. Hopefully, the disease the Israelis choose will take a few years to kill all the arabs, so that the arabs have time to annihilate as many kikes as possible before the Earth is rid of both those pests.