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Australian Anti-Spammer Wins Court Case

Posted by timothy on from the and-this-is-the-nice-way-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian court system upheld the right of internet activists to campaign against junk email in a landmark decision today. Story from The Australian." Sounds like the spammers (T3 Direct, of Perth) were justly told off.

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  1. "lost income" by sssmashy · · Score: 5, Funny
    T3 claimed the action cost at least $82,000 in lost income and the cost of repairing its computer systems.

    Apparently, as a result of Mr McNicol's actions, 153 penis enlargers and 23 fake degrees never managed to get sold. The bastard.

  2. T3Direct's new seminar lineup... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. "How to Lose a Lawsuit" (Oct. 17th)

    2. "Sending Commercial Email for Fun and Disprofit" (Oct. 19th)

    3. "Abusing Educational Institutions' APNIC Records" (Oct. 24th)

    4. "How to be a TOTALLY ANNOYING SELF-RIGHTEOUS ASSHOLE SPAMMER" (Every day at 2PM)

    Let's see people attend these T3Direct seminars :)

  3. Fund-raising for anti-spam offensive by heretic108 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard of someone who's intent on raising several million dollars to finance the hardware, software, connectivity and legal expenses of a new generation international spam-fighting network.

    Seems he'll meet his funding targets, after being promised a substantial sum from a former government dignitary from Nigeria...

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  4. Re:Which is better: by compuguy · · Score: 2, Funny

    i hate all those damn e-mails like 'hey.. i missed you yesterday' and i find out its just porn. i thought a girl actually was thinking about me! =(

  5. SPEWS is just a list. by wolfpaws · · Score: 5, Funny

    And news.admin.net-abuse.email is always an entertaining and informative Usenet newsgroup to read.

    Just fire up your newsreader and...

    Oh, look. New porn in the alt.binaries.pictures.erotica groups...

    Never mind!

    1. Re:SPEWS is just a list. by downundarob · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oy...Aussie SPAM is almost as annoying as the crap we get from China and Russia!

      But at least its English

  6. Re:What if it had been in America? by svvampy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't let one isolated case fool you, the courts here are as randomn and ineffectual as elsewhere in the "civilised" world.

  7. Re:What if it had been in America? by marcushnk · · Score: 1, Funny

    Kangaroo eating bastards, thank you.

    Dingo's are just too tough...

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  8. Who is T3? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What is this spammer called T3? I don't think I've ever gotten spam from...
    Dang it, I've got mail.

  9. Do I have to be afraid? by kasperd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope no one will sue me about the aproximately 42 million spam mails that got lost in my honeypot. (I honestly didn't think anybody would miss them.)

    Oh well, if they try something, I sue them for trying to abuse my computer as open relay and win the case.

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  10. Haha... by BrodieBruce · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...see, I told you there were people outside of the United States that bring stupid lawsuits to court!

  11. Re:3-step spam business plan: by Pike65 · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the other hand - what's it costing them?

    1:"Shall we pay for advertising?"
    2:"Fsck no! Just click this big button here marked 'Spam'."
    1:" . . . . "
    2:"It's free."
    1:"Hot damn!"

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