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Class Action Lawsuit Against Spammer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the eggs-bacon-and-50-dollars-please dept.

sfjoe writes "California-based spammer eTracks is being sued by the law firm, Morrison and Foerster (who have a very cool homepage). M & F's press release says they are "...seeking other relief, including attorneys' fees and statutorily authorized damages of $50 for each email delivered in violation of the law, up to $25,000 per day". California's anti-spam law has already held up under appeals court scrutiny so this may very well be a major setback to the spam industry." I think spammers should be forced to pay by donating an organ for each forged header.

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  1. just to make sure the spambots pick these up.... by edrugtrader · · Score: 4, Funny

    sales@etracks.com
    staffhelp@etracks.com
    busdev@etracks.com
    email_removal@response.etrac ks.com
    isp@etracks.com

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  2. Not To Be Confused With... by ksw2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not to be confused with Mark A. Fry & Associates.

  3. and all the politicians who don't help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sen. Jeff Sessions senator@sessions.senate.gov Sen. Richard Shelby senator@shelby.senate.gov Rep. Spencer Bachus sbachus@hr.house.gov Rep. Sonny Callahan callahan@hr.house.gov Rep. Bud Cramer budmail@hr.house.gov Rep. Terry Everett everett@hr.house.gov Alaska Sen Ted Stevens senator_stevens@stevens.senate.gov Sen. Frank Murkowski email@murkowski.senate.gov Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl info@kyl.senate.gov Sen. John McCain senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov Rep. J. D. Hayworth hayworth@hr.house.gov Rep. Jim Kolbe jimkolbe@hr.house.gov Rep. Ed Pastor edpastor@hr.house.gov Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumpers senator@bumpers.senate.gov Sen. Tim Hutchinson senator hutchinson@hutchinson.senate.gov Rep. Jay Dickey jdickey@hr.house.gov Rep. Tim Hutchinson timhutch@hr.house.gov California Sen. Barbara Boxer senator@boxer.senate.gov Sen. Dianne Feinstein senator@feinstein.senate.gov Rep. Brian Bilbray bilbray@hr.house.gov Rep. George Brown talk2geb@hr.house.gov Rep. Tom Campbell campbell@hr.house.gov Rep. Chris Cox chriscox@hr.house.gov Rep. David Dreier cyberrep@hr.house.gov Rep. Anna Eshoo annagram@hr.house.gov Rep. Sam Farr samfarr@hr.house.gov Rep. Vic Fazio dcaucus@hr.house.gov Rep. Jane Harman jharman@hr.house.gov Rep. Tom Lantos talk2tom@hr.house.gov Rep. Jerry Lewis khuiskes@hr.house.gov Rep. Zoe Lofgren zoegram@hr.house.gov Rep. Howard McKeon tellbuck@hr.house.gov Rep. George Miller gmiller@hr.house.gov Rep. Ron Packard rpackard@hr.house.gov Rep. Nancy Pelosi sfnancy@hr.house.gov Rep. George Radanovich george@hr.house.gov Rep. Frank Riggs repriggs@hr.house.gov Rep. Fortney 'Pete' Stark petemail@hr.house.gov Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey woolsey@hr.house.gov Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell data@nighthorse.falcontech.com Rep. Dan Schaefer schaefer@hr.house.gov Rep. David Skaggs skaggs@hr.house.gov Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd. sen_dodd@dodd.senate.gov Sen. Joseph Lieberman. senator_lieberman@lieberman.senate.gov Rep. Sam Gejdenson bozrah@hr.house.gov Rep. Christopher Shays cshays@hr.house.gov Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden senator@biden.senate.gov Sen. William Roth Rep. Michael Castle delaware@hr.house.gov Florida Sen. Bob Graham bob_graham@graham.senate.gov Sen. Connie Mack senator_mack@jec.senate.gov Rep. Michael Bilirakis truerep@hr.house.gov Rep. Charles Canady canady@hr.house.gov Rep. Peter Deutsch pdeutsch@hr.house.gov Rep. Alcee Hastings hastings@hr.house.gov Rep. John Mica mica@hr.house.gov Rep. Dan Miller miller13@hr.house.gov Rep. Cliff Stearns cstearns@hr.house.gov Rep. Karen Thurman kthurman@hr.house.gov Rep. Dave Weldon fla-15@hr.house.gov Georgia Sen. Max Cleland senator_max_cleland@cleland.senate.gov Sen. Paul Coverdell senator_coverdell@coverdell.senate.gov Rep. Saxby Chambliss saxby@hr.house.gov Rep. Mac Collins rep3mac@hr.house.gov Rep. Newt Gingrich georgia6@hr.house.gov Rep. John Linder jlinder@hr.house.gov Rep. Charlie Norwood ga10@hr.house.gov Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka Sen. Daniel Inouye senator@inouye.senate.gov Rep. 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John Ashcroft john_ashcroft@ashcroft.senate.gov Sen. Christopher Bond kit_bond@bond.senate.gov Rep. Jo Ann Emerson jemerson@hr.house.gov Rep. Richard Gephardt demldr@hr.house.gov Rep. James Talent talentmo@hr.house.gov Montana Sen. Max Baucus max@baucus.senate.gov Sen Conrad Burns conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov Nebraska Sen. Charles Hagel chuck_hagel@hagel.senate.gov Sen. Bob Kerrey bob@kerrey.senate.gov Rep. Jon Cristensen talk2jon@hr.house.gov Nevada Sen. Harry Reid senator_reid@reid.senate.gov Sen. Richard Bryan senator@bryan.senate.gov Rep. John Ensign ensign@hr.house.gov New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg mailbox@gregg.senate.gov Sen. Bob Smith opinion@smith.senate.gov Rep. Charles Bass cbass@hr.house.gov New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov Sen. Robert Toricelli senator_torricelli@torricelli.senate.gov Rep. Robert Andrews randrews@hr.house.gov Rep. Bob Franks franksnj@hr.house.gov Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen njeleven@hr.house.gov New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov Sen. Pete Domenici senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan senator@dpm.senate.gov Sen. Alfonse D'Amato senator_al@damato.senate.gov Rep. Sherwood Boehlert boehlert@hr.house.gov Rep. Eliot Engel engeline@hr.house.gov Rep. Michael Forbes mpforbes@hr.house.gov Rep. Maurice Hinchey hinchey@hr.house.gov Rep. Sue Kelly dearsue@hr.house.gov Rep. Peter King peteking@hr.house.gov Rep. Rick Lazio lazio@hr.house.gov Rep. Nita Lowey nitamail@hr.house.gov Rep. Carolyn Maloney cmaloney@hr.house.gov Rep. Thomas Manton tmanton@hr.house.gov Rep. Michael McNulty mmcnulty@hr.house.gov Rep. Susan Molinari molinari@hr.house.gov Rep. Jerrold Nadler nadler@hr.house.gov Rep. Bill Paxon bpaxon@hr.house.gov Rep. Charles Rangel rangel@hr.house.gov Rep. Jose Serrano jserrano@hr.house.gov Rep. Jim Walsh jwalsh@hr.house.gov North Carolina Sen Lauch Faircloth senator@faircloth.senate.gov Sen. Jesse Helms jesse_helms@helms.senate.gov Rep. Cass Ballenger cassmail@hr.house.gov Rep. Richard Burr mail2nc5@hr.house.gov Rep. Sue Myrick myrick@hr.house.gov Rep. Charles Taylor chtaylor@hr.house.gov Rep. Mel Watt melmail@hr.house.gov North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad senator@conrad.senate.gov Sen. Byron Dorgan senator@dorgan.senate.gov Rep. Earl Pomeroy epomeroy@hr.house.gov Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine senator_dewine@dewine.senate.gov Sen. John Glenn senator_glenn@glenn.senate.gov Rep. Sherrod Brown sherrod@hr.house.gov Rep. John Kasich budget@hr.house.gov Rep. Michael Oxley oxley@hr.house.gov Rep. Rob Portman portmail@hr.house.gov Rep. Deborah Pryce pryce15@hr.house.gov Rep. James Traficant telljim@hr.house.gov Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe Sen. Don Nickles senator@nickles.senate.gov Rep. Ernest J. Istook, Jr. istook@hr.house.gov Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith oregon@gsmith.senate.gov Sen. Ron Wyden senator@wyden.senate.gov Rep. Peter DeFazio pdefazio@hr.house.gov Rep. Elizabeth Furse furseor1@hr.house.gov Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum senator@santorum.senate.gov Sen Arlen Specter senator_specter@specter.senate.gov Rep. Jon Fox jonfox@hr.house.gov Rep. Paul Kanjorski kanjo@hr.house.gov Rep. Paul McHale mchale@hr.house.gov Rep.John Murtha murtha@hr.house.gov Rep. Curt Weldon curtpa7@hr.house.gov Rhode Island Sen. John Chafee senator_chafee@chafee.senate.gov Sen. Jack Reed South Carolina Sen. Ernest Hollings senator@hollings.senate.gov Sen. Strom Thurmond senator@thurmond.senate.gov Rep. James E. Clyburn jclyburn@hr.house.gov Rep. Bob Inglis binglis@hr.house.gov Rep. Mark Sanford sanford@hr.house.gov Rep. John Spratt jspratt@hr.house.gov South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle tom_daschle@daschle.senate.gov Sen. Tim Johnson tim@johnson.senate.gov Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist senator_frist@frist.senate.gov Sen Fred Thompson senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov Rep. Bob Clement clement@hr.house.gov Rep. J.J. Duncan jjduncan@hr.house.gov Rep. 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Patty Murray senator_murray@murray.senate.gov Rep. Jennifer Dunn dunnwa08@hr.house.gov Rep. George Nethercutt grnwa05@hr.house.gov Rep. Linda Smith asklinda@hr.house.gov Rep. Rick White repwhite@hr.house.gov West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov Sen. John Rockefeller III senator@rockefeller.senate.gov Rep. Nick Rahall nrahall@hr.house.gov Rep. Bob Wise bobwise@hr.house.gov Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold senator@feingold.senate.gov Sen. Herb Kohl senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov Rep. Thomas Barrett telltom@hr.house.gov Rep. Jerry Kleczka jerry4wi@hr.house.gov Rep. Scott Klug badger02@hr.house.gov Rep. Mark Neumann mneumann@hr.house.gov Rep. Tom Petri tompetri@hr.house.gov Rep. James Sensenbrenner sensen09@hr.house.gov Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas craig@thomas.senate.gov Sen. Mike Enzi senator@enzi.senate.gov Guam Del. Robert Underwood guamtodc@hr.house.gov

  4. Organs from spammers? by Dimensio · · Score: 4, Funny

    Regarding "I think spammers should be forced to pay by donating an organ for each forged header."

    Who would want an organ from a spammer in them? I'd sooner trust an organ from a pig, at least it's a mammal.

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  5. Re:just to make sure the spambots pick these up... by Anthony+Boyd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey! Stop posting on slashdot and get back to work, like the rest of us! Uh, oh, wait....

    (mr edrugtrader is my employee :)

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    My Greasemonkey scripts for Digg &
  6. Re:Do you think that I can sue them... by Wildcat+J · · Score: 3, Funny
    I receive about 3 ads for penis enlargement a day even if I am from the opposite sex.
    That would just make the results that much more impressive!

    -J

  7. Re:set up a war between lawyers and spammers by tregoweth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Geez, who do you you root for in that war?

  8. Forged Heads by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think spammers should be forced to pay by donating an organ for each forged header.

    I'm not sure I'd ask anything from a spammer, short of their immediate death.

    TO: Jace of Fuse!
    FROM: Body Organs Galore

    Hello! I am e-mailing you about this great opprotunity to get ahold of a high quality kidney! Let me tell you the story! Once not too long ago, a college boy woke up in a bath tub full of ice...

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    "Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"

    Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
  9. Re:Mofo. by Merry_B.Buck · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try the anagram: "Morrison & Foerster LLP" == PORN AD TROLLER IN FOR MESS

  10. I wonder... by CleverNickName · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder how Spammer^H^H^H^H^H Governor-hopeful Bill Simon feels about this?

    I wonder if we could bring class action against his campaign?