Firm Pays 6.5 Million for Fax Spamming

Geopoliticus writes "This article over at the Chicago Tribune tells of a car dealership in St. Louis that will pay up to 6.5 million to people it sent junk faxes to. Now, if we could just get this kind of settlement for all the crap in my inbox I could stay unemployed forever." If I got a quarter for each piece of junkmail in my inbox, it would cover having a pizza delivered to my house every day, and still have enough left over to get a few comics to read each day while I ate!

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Making Money off Spammers

[Alien54]

Ultimately, there has to be a way to make money off spammers.

My own pet solution Involves spammer licenses, charging for spam by the government, at least for Unsolicited Commercial email.

Included in this would be Internet Bounty Hunters, also known as Spam Hunters, who, for the benefit of a piece of the action, would go go out and hunt down illegal spammers, or help in the collection of deliquent fees assessed to spammers vy the government, backbone providers, ISPs, consumers, etc

I also think that everyone who has to deal with spam should be able to get their nickle, dime, or quarter for dealing with it. I know I would gladly cede my share to my ISP to get a discount on my broadband bill.

Of course, tagging spammers with an orange ear tag is optional. But it could be useful.