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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."

3 of 234 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Spim? by Mike+Rubits · · Score: 5, Informative

    Spam + IM (instant messanging) = SPIM.

  2. In One Day... by Duncan3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is AOL's stats, so far today - and it's only 3PM here on the west coast.

    SPAM Blocked Today:
    846,170,968

    This month:
    33,661,697,872

    Instant Messages
    Sent Today:
    1,151,202,297

    Members Online Now:
    2,410,612

    You can watch the numbers on http://www.corp.aol.com/

    --
    - Adam L. Beberg - The Cosm Project - http://www.mithral.com/
  3. Re:Must...overcome...AOL...prejudice... by tgeller · · Score: 5, Informative

    AOL has a long history of suits against spammers. See this list of litigation they've filed.

    Pity they often place themselves on the wrong side of legislative battles, though. They were a driving force behind the CAN-SPAM Act, which guarantees the right to send unsolicited, commercial, bulk email.

    --
    Tom Geller