$1 Billion Awarded in Lawsuit Against Spammers

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$1 Billion Awarded in Lawsuit Against Spammers

Posted by michael on Sunday December 19, 2004 @01:06AM from the collecting-it-may-be-the-hard-part dept.

phoric writes "In what is believed the be the largest federal judgement in history against spammers, an ISP from eastern Iowa was awarded a $1 billion dollar judgement against three mass-mailing companies, which were said to be sending up to 10 million e-mail messages per day to the small internet provider."

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Imagine by jstrain · 2004-12-19 01:15 · Score: 3, Funny

all the V14GR4, fake Rolex watches, and mortgage refinances he can buy now!
Whip them! by mousse-man · 2004-12-19 01:16 · Score: 2, Funny

They should rather have the spammers flogged to the tune of one million whiplashes.

Much more effective. They can't pay the fine anyway, but they still feel the pain until they're a bloody mess.
Grrrr! by Israfels · 2004-12-19 01:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Great, yet another reason that good old fashion American spamming companies are going to be outsourced to India.
Sadly.... by ralinx · 2004-12-19 01:29 · Score: 4, Funny

...the ISP was contacted about the money through an email with the subject "YOU HAVE JUST WON 1 BILLION DOLLARS!!!" which they obviously deleted, and now they can't receive their money.
$1 billion--wowzers! by Ph33r+th3+g(O)at · 2004-12-19 01:35 · Score: 5, Funny
Based on current advertised prices (rounded to nearest unit, exclusive of shipping and handling), that's:
- 6,250,391 ersatz Rolexes or
- 1,513,240,858 penis enlargement pills (??? miles of penis)
- or
- 3,787 mortgages for average homes (principal only) or
- an infinite number of NOT WORK SAFE cheating wife personals
- or
- 20,000,000 $50 free casino credits
- or
- 8,474,576 weeks of diet pills or
- 10,002,500 breasts enlarged
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I too have felt the cold finger of injustice.
1. Re:$1 billion--wowzers! by AndroidCat · 2004-12-19 02:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  ... And a ink-cartridge in a pear treeeeee!
  
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2. Re:$1 billion--wowzers! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-19 02:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Or 50 euro!
Re:Why them, not me? by njcoder · 2004-12-19 02:06 · Score: 4, Funny

"You ought to have to pass a test to be a legislator, judge, or even a damn dog catcher."
What the hell did dog catchers ever do to you that you would lump them in the same category!?!?!?!

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Next step.... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-19 02:12 · Score: 1, Funny

Now, all we need are a few more lawsuits like this and maybe we can buy out MS and take care of the 2nd worst email problem out there :-)
Judge Evil? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-19 02:14 · Score: 1, Funny

Right. As if these guys even have "one billion dollars".
That's "punitive". by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-19 05:25 · Score: 1, Funny

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Diction ary&va=punitive