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Spammers Sue Anti-Spam Groups
SuperBanana writes "The Register reports in a story today that spammers have banded together under the name EmarketersAmerica.org to sue various anti-spam groups- days before a large conference on spam hosted by the FTC(which will be attended by many spammers). Anti-spam groups think the timing is not by coincidence, but believe the move may backfire because they will be able to countersue and get access to spammer's internal documents. By the way, if you're wondering who these guys are, check out Spamhaus's directory of top spammers."
"If these 180 were somehow spirited off internet - we'd be left with the Nigerians, and companies spamming by mistake. The spam problem would simply disappear," he said.
Wait a second. I hate spam as much as the next guy, but that kind of statement makes me cringe. What exactly is meant by "spirited off the internet?"
A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
Damn, and I thought these guys were dirty bastards before!
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Why must they soil the good name of America by appending it to their dubious business?
eMarketersAmerica, more like eMarketersNigeria
Quick, anyone have any contact info for these people? I have penis enlargements to sell them!
KaZaA users suing the RIAA?
Drug users suing dealers?
Smokers suing tobacco compani.... Oh.
In Soviet Russia, beowulf clusters imagine YOU!
Anyone want to take bets as to when the DoS attacks begin? Secondary action: how long after the DoS ends does the site end up being 0wnz0r3d?
:-)
Of course, for once, we'll see the Slashdot Effect put to good use.
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a large conference on spam hosted by the FTC(which will be attended by many spammers)
Can we bomb them, Oh please can we bomb them ?
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
Do NOT register for the mailing list at www.emarketersamerica.org.
Funny how they keep their address hidden in a Whois lookup. Perhaps they don't want to receive spam either...
Keeping courts busy with unnecessary and pointless lawsuits, thus blocking "real" and important cases and wasting resources is its own form of spam: judicial spam!
So what happens if you send an email to abuse@emarketersamerica.org ?
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
"If these 180 were somehow spirited off internet - we'd be left with the Nigerians, and companies spamming by mistake. The spam problem would simply disappear," he said.
So... who's got 1,800 feet of rope and an orchard to spare?
Can anyone find out where these guys live? Maybe we can help them out by signing them all up for a couple truck loads of mail like that sap Alan Ralsky..
which will be attended by many spammers
Now where's some of that Iraqi nerve agent when we need it?
"But actually trying to use m4 as a general-purpose langage would be deeply perverse" --ESR
My name is: Alan Ralsky
Address:
5016 Patrick Rd
West Bloomfield, MI 48322-1543
I REALLY NEED A PENIS ENLARGEMENT!!! PLEASE!!! I'll EVEN GIVE YOU MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER!!!!!
Get paid to code OSS
Damn Yankees fans, I swear ...
-- (Score:i, Imaginary)
make decks of playing cards with pictures of these guys and then do various things that I will not specify here for legal reasons to them after we find them. :)
Cypherpunks: Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics. Those who live by the sword die by the arrow.
If you click on the link provided, you get the following message:
Dear Customer,
Please key in the password you see displayed to the right in order to obtain the information you requested from our WHOIS database.
In order to protect the privacy of our customers, Go Daddy Software has implemented a process that prevents unscrupulous spammers from running scripts that acquire email addresses from our WHOIS service (which in accordance with ICANN policy must be made available to the public). The password you see is provided in graphic format and cannot be read by a script. Only humans can read it. By taking a moment to key in the password you are doing your part to eliminate SPAM.
Oh wait, that's the case here too... Nevermind.
You know, I don't think a giant penis has ever requested my credit card number.
Well, we should protect his privacy, and not post his email then. Please don't post this link anywhere.
mefels@aol.com
Irene KHAAAAAAN!
Does Jeff Bezos count?
I take drugs seriously.
From the filing:
"Should the Defendants, be allowed to continue their assault upon the Plaintiff and the Plaintiff's industry, the Plaintiff's industry will cease to exist."
Yay. Now there's an incentive for a judge to issue an injunction if I ever heard one: the preservation of spam.
>I think we have a new address for every free cd offer, junk ad, and telemarketer list in the world.
Or free samples of "White Powder." If you no longer want to recieve more White Powder please fill out this form and mail it back to us and we will promptly sell all your information to every marketer we can find. Thanks.