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Microsoft Files 15 Lawsuits Against Spammers

Posted by timothy on from the better-use-of-lawyers dept.

Popsikle writes "A Seattle Paper reports that 'Microsoft Corp. announced it has filed 15 lawsuits against alleged e-mail spammers in Washington state and the United Kingdom on Tuesday.' It states the tough anti-spam laws in UK and Washington allows ISP's to sue spammers. This could be a good test of the new anti-spam laws." There's coverage on CNN as well. Microsoft has picked a good venue for such a case.

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  1. Re:all the money in the world by yatest5 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    So (500 * Millions and Millions) = Microsoft is suing for all the money in the world

    I think you'll find there's slightly more than 'millions' of dollars in the world. Congrats on the most meaningless post of the story though.

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  2. THE UK ROCKS by ReLik · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    UK is superior to all. ...nuff said.

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  3. its official by asv108 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Microsoft is now bumped down to public enemy #2. We all know who #1 is..

  4. Days later... by NeB_Zero · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Gee, I submitted this story yesterday. Oh well...

    So, Microsoft is chastizing those that exploit their poorly made e-mail systems? Hmmm...

  5. [Ctrl][Alt][Delete] to login, my ass! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Microsoft discrimates against the one handed!

    Sleazy bastards!

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