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Earthlink Wins Another Spam Award: $16 million

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-just-try-to-collect-it dept.

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.

19 of 257 comments (clear)

  1. First PSOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SEND tobey149 an instant message

    1. Re:First PSOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      dude, what service?

    2. Re:First PSOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I IM'ed him, now what?

    3. Re:First PSOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      AOL instant messenger, sorry LETS ROX THIS

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp hum de hum hum... this is no good

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      "hum de hum hum...."

      Just keep on hummin'...because...

      YOU FAIL IT!

      This is a Bad Thing.

    2. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      FAIL FAIL FAIL
      3rd post more like. You make me wanna puke. And your day just got shittier.

  3. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    on a shitty day! I get a first post! So eat shit and Die!@!!111

  4. KAHN!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You've managed to kill just about everyone else, but like a poor marksman, you keep missing the target.

  5. Re:injunction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Send tobey149 an instant message on AOL instant messenger! Do it now for the good of humanity!

  6. Everybody IM "chinbot5000" (AIM) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone send an AOL Instant Message to "chinbot5000".

    Win a prize!

    1. Re:Everybody IM "chinbot5000" (AIM) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Send tobey149 an instant message on AOL instant messenger! Do it now for the good of humanity!!!!

    2. Re:Everybody IM "chinbot5000" (AIM) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i did, as chinbot5000

      "c h i n bot 5000 (10:46:13 PM): FIRST
      tobey149 (10:46:22 PM): ima slap you
      c h i n bot 5000 (10:46:28 PM): who are you
      tobey149 (10:46:36 PM): wait
      tobey149 (10:46:46 PM): flowin flowin
      tobey149 (10:46:48 PM): who are you
      tobey149 (10:46:52 PM): ben
      tobey149 (10:46:55 PM): bish
      c h i n bot 5000 (10:46:59 PM): did you post to slahsdot?
      tobey149 (10:47:09 PM): wudda what
      c h i n bot 5000 (10:47:16 PM): someone posted on slashdot.org saying to send you and IM
      c h i n bot 5000 (10:47:18 PM): http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=63483&cid=5907 415
      tobey149 (10:48:01 PM): thats amazing, really, but i never use this sn, and i have never been to that site so this may just be a conspiracy
      c h i n bot 5000 (10:48:27 PM): yes must be
      c h i n bot 5000 (10:49:26 PM): oh well, good day, bye
      tobey149 (10:50:06 PM): bye"

      So umm... Who the hell is tobey149?

    3. Re:Everybody IM "chinbot5000" (AIM) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      it's harry potter (no joke)

  7. Collecting? by r84x · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wonder, even though the damages have been stated, will Earthlink see a penny? These individuals cannot be that wealthy, or they would not be spamming...

    --
    Karma: Can there be a void?

    .. -. - . .-. .-. --- -...

  8. Linux and Apache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does anyone know of a Linux distro that is ultra compact and extremely simple to install? Or better yet, no installation required. Just a bootable CD or even a Floppy that just works? Something like the Linux Router Distro that runs off 1 floppy disk would be great.

    Command line only is fine, but I would prefer a menu driven interface like a web server Kiosk or something, GUI is not desired but would be acceptable I suppose. I don't care what kernel version it uses as long as it's highly stable. I don't need USB support, AGP support, support for multipe processors, sound card support, or anything else.

    I just need a webserver. Doesn't even have to be Apache. I just want whatever is easiest and fastest.

  9. carmack has got millions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and when the next quake comes out he'll get plenty more.

  10. Re:That's "ebb" by c4tp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This isn't informative! This is another spelling/grammer nazi!
    And how is this informative?

    Karma: Excellent (whore)
    Ohhh...

  11. Re:Awards vs. Injunction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Randomly assigning adjectives to someone you view as an opponent will not help your position. All it will do is make you look like someone who blindly slings insults, without giving any thought to the situation.

    Like people who just respond, "Fuck you buddy!"?