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Microsoft Sues Spammers

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cut-it-out dept.

mclearn writes "Microsoft has filed seven more lawsuits against spammers, this time targeting those who violate the 'brown-paper wrapper' provision of the CAN-SPAM law, which sets rules for sexually oriented e-mail solicitations. Apparently these are a small part of over 120 spam-related cases Microsoft is currently litigating. With Microsoft's deep pockets, can they effectively send a resounding message to spammers?"

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  1. BOOOO Microsoft! by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    See? See everybody suing spammers, and now laws that make spamming criminal, or even jailing spammers???

    I call this abberition of FREE SPEECH. I dont care if it IS commercial speech or individula speech, or "sole properitorship speech" or.....

    This is SPEECH, and in the US, it should be FREE (with exceptions of calls to direct physical harm, or false and intentional cries for help).

    Cursed be to the people who support Microsoft and/or are against spammers. They're only actively using their free speech right.

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    1. Re:BOOOO Microsoft! by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      How is this flamebait? This is the truth.

      I see a somewhat irreputable group.. making use of Free Speech.

      KKK rallies are allowed to romp through cities, and the ACLU fights for them.

      Black Pride groups also protest through towns.. Ditto the ACLU.

      Considering what the KKK supports (death to Blacks, Catholics, and jews), and what spammers want (sell you stuff).. Why are we against spammers?

      It's both speech. Why are both vehemently hated but only 1 is tolerated?

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  2. When it becomes obvious that your OS is the reason by Joseph_Daniel_Zukige · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When it becomes obvious that your OS is the reason spam is so bad, ...

    find a bad guy or two to take the attention off yourself.

    That's all. Nothing to see here. Move on.

    When Microsoft announces they've actually discovered their attempts to keep on top of the industry and the market are _exactly_ the source of the bugs in their OS,

    When they decide 95% of the desktop market was good enough and decide to retire from competing and simply try to make what they've already sold function somewhere close to spec (Can't be done, but they could sure get closer.),

    When Bill admits publicly that his vision of technical nirvana doesn't even fit the average geek, much less the average consumer,

    Then we can give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt.

    Only then.

    Until then, them going after the bad guys is just the biggest bad guy trying to shore up his position.

  3. Re:Harrassment isn't free speech by metlin · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    >assuming the state has sane home defence laws

    US - probably the only country where the right to shoot someone who comes into your house is considered sane :-)