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Dictionary Spammer Fined $55,000 for Spam Attack
Lawrence_Bird writes "In a first, a Japanese district court has ordered
a spammer to pay restitution to NTT DoCoMo for abuse of their imode system. 'The damage caused by large amounts of e-mail not reaching their destinations should be covered by the sender,' said the judge. The fine is about $55,000 and was based on an estimated cost to NTT of 1.2 yen per undelivered spam ($0.01) for the 4 million spams that were undeliverable. What is most startling is NTT DoCoMo assertion that of the 950 million emails
they receive each day, 880 million are not deliverable!"
The "spammer" has a legitimate business activity. You may not like it, but he has a right to advertise. If you don't want to receive his advertisements, then stop being so tight fisted and get some blocking software.
All this company had to do was publically list all valid email addresses. Then the spammer would be able to read that, and only send to names on the list. This would benefit both parties, due to there being fewer lost emails for DoCoMo, and the advertiser would be sure that every one of his messages went to a valid account. This way everyone wins.
I choose whether or not to receive messages. The choice is all or nothing, but I have that choice. If I want to receive messages I want I have to get messages I don't. The company provides the service if and only if I ask for it. If I ask for it, I pay for it.
The "spammer" has a legitimate business activity. You may not like it, but he has a right to advertise.
If that's how you feel, then I'm going to advertise my auto glass service by tying an ad to a brick and throwing it through your car's windshield.
If you don't want to receive his advertisements, then stop being so tight fisted and get some blocking software.
If you don't want to receive my ad-bricks, then quit being so tight fisted and get a garage.
All this company had to do was publically list all valid email addresses. Then the spammer would be able to read that, and only send to names on the list. This would benefit both parties, due to there being fewer lost emails for DoCoMo, and the advertiser would be sure that every one of his messages went to a valid account. This way everyone wins.
Just how does some guy "win" when his cell phone is spammed? How does he win when it wakes him up at 2:30AM to tell him about herbal viagra, multi-level marketing schemes, or "miracle" diets? How does he win when he is billed several dollars a month to receive the ads? How does he win when he can't have his phone turned on because it announces a new spam ever 26.3 seconds?
What a fucktard you are.