California Sues Spammer for $2 Million

KilroyTheVeg writes "The Mercury News reports that the California Attorney General, Bill Lockyer, filed suit against Internet marketer PW Marketing LLC, accusing the company of illegally spamming millions of Californians. The Story is here and the Sidney Morning Herald also has the story here. The suit named PW Marketing LLC (note:subpoena in link is third one down the page) and its owners Paul Willis and Claudia Griffins defendants in the suit which seeks "at least" $US2 million from them for allegedly flouting several state consumer protection laws banning spam mail. All I can say is Make 'em pay, it's the only way to hurt 'em where it counts." Update: 09/30 22:02 GMT by T : Note, that's Sydney Morning Herald.

Comments

Sharia Law!

[DrXym]

Cut the bastards hands off for theft of service!

Re:Fuel Economy Kills Kids DEAD

[Anonvmous Coward]

Get the facts [nationalcenter.org] before you indulge in the usual childish knee-jerk Slashbotliberal head-in-the-sand retreat from reality. The liberals are liquidating the working poor of the United States by forcing affordable cars to be horrifically unsafe. Your average affluent white liberal elitist can afford a good, safe SUV to keep his children alive, but not the poor family across town. No, that poor family can't afford anything but an "economy car" -- death on wheels! That poor family has a three times greater chance of having their children exterminated in a collision with that fat, elite, liberal SUV when that drunken tenured professor of multicultural folkdancing comes driving home from a faculty cocktail party full of good liquor paid for with your tax dollars!

Yet again, the liberals show their true, cannibalistic colors.

I know this is off-topic, but it is an amusing read. heh.

Spammers have every right to exist

[kmweber]

Government has no right interfering in the business activities of spammers. If people don't like spam, they can choose to use services that block spam as much as possible.

Re:Spammers have every right to exist

[kmweber]

If I'm not mistaken, a bill of attainder is a law that punishes a group of people without a trial. That's what anti-spam legislation is: It punishes individuals for engaging in their legitimate business activities without a trial.