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Spamming Gets Expensive in Utah and Ohio

Posted by michael on from the spiced-ham-still-pretty-cheap-though dept.

bradipo writes "A large number of lawsuits have been filed against companies that have not complied with the anti-spam statute in Utah. I'm not sure how this will turn out, but it should be interesting nonetheless." And reader spoton writes "The governor of Ohio has signed into law a bill that allows internet subscribers to sue for up to $50,000 and ISP's for up to $500,000. It allows you to sue for $100 per email + court and lawyer fees incurred. Looks like the cost of spamming is going up."

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  1. Re:How do spammers make money? by jred · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    My best idea is public execution of spammers, preferably by hanging. After the first few die on live TV, the others might become discouraged.

    Sounds like a good idea to me. How about we start with murderers and rapists first, though?

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  2. Re:When SPAM is outlawed by foobar104 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    But hey, you've got a good tactic. If it's something you don't like, call it a bad name.

    A more concise definition of "asshole," I've never heard. My hat's off to you. Asshole.

    So, go after the /. admins for using a picture of a can of Spam in spam articles. They're certainly much bigger fish than I am.

    As I said in my original post, I'm just making a point, here. I'm not "going after" anybody. It's hard to believe, though, that it's too much trouble for you to type "spam" instead of "SPAM."