AOL Awarded Millions in Spam Case

c.derby writes "MSNBC.com is running a story that says: " A Virginia federal court awarded America Online nearly $7 million in damages as part of the Internet service providers' legal victory over a junk e-mail operation, AOL said Monday." The company said the legal decision should send a warning to junk e-mailers. "This is an important legal victory in the fight against spam," Randall Boe, AOL general counsel, said in a statement. "It sends a clear, distinct message to spammers: AOL is prepared to use all of the legal and technological tools available to shut down spammers." " 145 pieces of spam so far today. Can I have a piece of the 7 million? (oops, duplicate. Oh well. It's still good ;)

Comments

deja vous

[outlier]

dupe

Duplicate story

[beebware]

This is a duplicate of another story which is still on the front page! Admittedly, that story linked to the article over at CNet, but even if it pointed towards the Register's story, it's still no excuse...

Proof

[frozencesium]

further proof that the /. editors don't READ the site before posting a story :-). didn't i read somewhere in the FAQ that we should take the time to search the site to make sure we don't duplicate story submissions???

maybe rob just likes being flamed :-)

-frozen