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Habeas Seeks Poetic Justice for Trademarked Spam

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the better-living-through-haiku dept.

Remember the company who started using haiku to fight spam? According to a news.com article, it will now be tested in court. Habeas is suing two internet marketers, saying that they've included Habeas' haiku in their mail, thereby lowering their SpamAssassin score by 6 points, but allegedly violating the trademark. It's interesting because the end effect of this will be more or less spam, but it's based on trademark law. It'll also be interesting to see how well this holds up across national boundaries.

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  1. Trademarked Haiku by idfrsr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have trademarked this
    Use it at your own expense
    I'll see you in court

    --
    "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away" -Tom Waits
  2. ode to spam by 1nv4d3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love to get spam
    you can block it all you want
    meanwhile, my dick grows

  3. habeas business plan by 1nv4d3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    step one is haiku
    step two is vast deep unknown
    step three is profit!

    1. Re:habeas business plan by cperciva · · Score: 4, Funny

      step one is haiku
      step two is many lawyers
      step three is profit.

      --
      Tarsnap: Online backups for the truly paranoid
  4. Why put the poem in the extended headers? by 1nv4d3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    haiku in header
    not viewed by your Aunt Tillie
    she won't know to sue

  5. Re:How to beat the spam detectors by Dwedit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mod parent down! Scum DO read slashdot! Censor this post!