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Massachusetts Atty. General Forces Spammer to Pay

Posted by timothy on from the small-change dept.

Cildar writes "The Attorney General of Massachusetts has forced a Florida spammer to pay a $25,000 fine and enter into a cease and desist order. The original suit contained both state consumer protection theories as well as allegations of CAN-SPAM violations. Here is the Attorney General's press release.

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  1. I'd Prefer Stoning by DiscoNick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its a small start, but public stoning would be a more rewarding payback for those of us who stayed many late hours updating our spam filters.

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    1. Re:I'd Prefer Stoning by Deliveranc3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      one pebble per spam otta do it.

    2. Re:I'd Prefer Stoning by CGP314 · · Score: 4, Funny

      They destroy legitimate sources of advertising income.

      Yes please, won't someone think of the advertising.


      -Colin

  2. Re:Cost of doing business by DiscoNick · · Score: 5, Funny

    He probably uses it as a tax writeoff!

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  3. How about.... by rathehun · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...the penalty for distributing spyware be using a computer, only with Internet Explorer, NO access to Ad-Aware/Spybot/etc and forced to keep the "Cute Kitty" screensaver that somebody reffered to in the SETI story?

    I think he can then do his thing. Well, maybe he can use Gator to remember his passwords.

    Waste these assholes...