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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. When will help arrive? by Methuseus · · Score: 2, Troll

    Most of us hate spam, but there are always those stupid users that click on every email promising another money-making opportunity. If you make an authenticated-mail protocol, that means everyone needs to use it, but those people targeted by spammers are the late adopters of new tech, so I don't think it would work too well.

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  2. Hrm by autopr0n · · Score: 2, Troll

    Well, I belive the reason that 'sicko' sites spam whereas 'normal' sites do not is that the main-stream porn industry simply does not spam at all. The practice has been banned by the industry association. Any pornographic spam you get is for cheap companies and individuals who are not really a part of the industry.

    Btw, if you do want some normal porn, I know a great website you might want to check out...

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  3. Re:Ooh, a slashdot story on spam by swb · · Score: 0, Troll

    You forgot about this and this.

  4. Well... by autopr0n · · Score: 0, Troll

    I read an artical about it somewhere, forgot the offical name. Its not like I'm trying to pose as some kind of 'insider' or something :P

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