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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. Mixed blessing by ChrisGuest · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By dismissing the case by saying that there was not enough evidence, the judge has avoided making a ruling into whether these types of claims are merited.

    A greater victory would be if a judge ruled that spammers were a public nuisance with no legitimate business interests.

    Future anti-spammers may still be faced with the prospect of legal action, if their is sufficient evidence to demonstrate their involvement in blocking spam.

  2. SPEWS by rf0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I found SPEWS.org to be a great spam fighting tool but what the T3 media group failed to notice that it is just an opinion. How can someone be wrong from sharing their opinion and then other people agree with it, in this case by using spews's blocklist. I'm glad this case has fallen the way it has as it sets a good precedent for any further actions spammers try to take

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  3. Re:3-step spam business plan: by MikeDX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hmm.. I beg to differ.

    1. Send Spam
    2. Profit
    3. Attend Court
    4. Hear "you naughty boy" lecture.
    5. Pay small % of item no.2 in charges
    6. Rinse
    7. Repeat