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Californian Court Fines Spammers $2 Million

Posted by timothy on from the not-nearly-enough dept.

afra242 writes "The BBC News has reported that a Californian court has fined a marketing firm $2m for spamming via email. This judgement was the first anti-spam ruling and the marketing firm were fines for sending out millions of unsolicited e-mails telling people how to spam. We're getting closer..." Other readers point to coverage of the judgement from the Associated Press (via SFGate) and from Reuters (via Yahoo!).

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  1. $2 Million by r_glen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great! When do I get my share?

  2. Re:2 million is a molecule in the bucket by isorox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whats $2 million to people who have buisness contacts in Nigeria, have hundereds of thousands of dollars in cash through the mail every day, have a 16" penis, get free prescription drugs, have computer patches delivered to their inbox, have free accounts at thousands of porn sites and have 17 mail order Russian brides.