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Earthlink Wins Another Spam Award: $16 million
linuxwrangler writes "U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. awarded Earthlink $16 million and an injunction against Howard Carmack for Carmack's use of Earthlink to deliver spam. Given that Earthlink is still awaiting payment of the $25 million it won against Kahn C. Smith last year, it views the injunction as the bigger of the two wins." A few more of these, and maybe the tide of spam will eb. Maybe. Nah.
Seeing as how these spammers probably DON'T have millions of dollars in the bank, and even Microsoft was able to negotiate for penalties being only in software, is Earthlink likely to get a truck load of $16M of penile enhancement cream and Nigerian banknotes in compensation?
Wonder if this spammer has any relation to good 'ol John. ;)
Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.
"A few more of these, and maybe the tide of spam will eb." Yeah.. and maybe if the RIAA sues the pantaloons off a few more University students, people will be wracked with guilt and delete their collection of MP3's. Maybe. Nah.
They say injunction.
I say injection.
evil adrian
Don't you know, when Earthlink collects money, all of its customers save money!
(Oh c'mon, it's no more ridiculous than saying that spam costs the recipient money)
wait, i have earthlink, do i get a piece of that pie? how many users does earthlink have? 10 milion? good, that's like a buck twenty i should get off my next bill.
Runnin' On Empty
I can only think of a few crimes that merit the death penalty, and spamming is one of them.
Other crimes that definitely merit death include:
-- Serving popup ads
-- Peeing in the alley behind my apartment building (dogs get clemency)
-- Sending emails without subject lines
I dunno. A 12-guage shotgun blast to the face would stop one pretty good.
(that's meant as a joke, folks, go ahead and take those two or three big points of karma away for trolling anyway though, I'm sure it'll really hurt me)
I like the idea of financialy annihilating them though. I like that alot. facial tatooes of "I'm a spamming piece of shit. I wasted your money and the money of your children. Please punch me in the face until I pass out and spit teeth into the gutter" would be acceptable as well.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
What's wrong with e-mails without a subject?
I'm just putting the finishing touches to my sure fire way of avoiding court fines, something that I am willing to share for a mere £100. Could all slashdotters please help me in this noble enterprise by sending me the email addresses of all the spammers that they know.
Couldn't they bend 'spam' into a legally actionable offense by calling it 'terrorism'?
I know the idea of a site that sells penis enlarging devices and offers college degrees for $19.95, terrorizes me.
The spammer can just put the $16 million charge on the stolen credit cards he used. Problem solved!