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AOL Files First Spim Lawsuit

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the we're-not-gonna-take-it dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "CNet News is reporting that 4 major internet providers - AOL, Earthlink, Microsoft, and Yahoo, have filed another bunch of lawsuits against spammers. What makes this round interesting is that AOL has filed the first ever lawsuit against against spam that targets Instant Messenger clients, or spim. So far spim has only affected relatively small numbers of users but the problem is growing, which is why AOL is targeting it now."

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  1. Spim? by neonfrog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that Italian Spam?

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    1. Re:Spim? by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess it's a good thing it's instant messaging and not Electronic Relay Messaging

  2. I never had a problem with spim by riceboy50 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's kind of a cool MIPS emulator, but maybe AOL just couldn't figure out how to work it. :-)

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  3. Hmmm? by Emperor+Tiberius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Spim the low fat version of Spam?

  4. Minty Pythin's Flying Circis by Bloater · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spim, Spim, Spim, Spim, ...

  5. AOL sue for.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    junk? How SPAM/SPIM/SPEM/SPOM/SPUM (and sometimes SPYM) much different than them sending millions of AOL CDs in the mail every year?

  6. Spim? by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Who do I talk to about these stupid names? It should be imSpam

    imSpam, spam i am
    i'd like to sell you
    c1al1s and a s3x cam

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  7. Re:Must...overcome...AOL...prejudice... by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny
    "But slowly and surely, AOL has done much to both transform themselves and the user populace into better Internet citizens"

    True, but they are still the trailer park of the internet.

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  8. Two Wrongs.... by Tsali · · Score: 3, Funny

    What makes this round interesting is that AOL has filed the first ever lawsuit against against spam

    Okay - against against spam? Are we in Newspeak now where it is double-plus ungood instant messenging? Is it for spamming now?

    It's AOL, so I'm not sure which side of the marketing wagon I should be riding on.

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