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$1 Billion Awarded in Lawsuit Against Spammers

Posted by michael on 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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  1. Why them, not me? by elh_inny · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Will they share, after all I am a vicitm as well?

    1. Re:Why them, not me? by Fishstick · · Score: 5, Insightful

      >You ought to have to pass a test to be a legislator, judge,

      yes. it's called an election

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  2. Re:Slippery Slope by jcr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You seem to be under the misapprehension that spamming is a first-amendment issue. It's not, and has never been a free-speech issue, it has always been a property rights issue. Spammers make their money by stealing service from millions of people.

    Ralsky and the rest of his ilk are free to say whatever they want to say, but that does NOT include a right to use my computer/router/etc. to convey their message.

    -jcr

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  3. Let's don't blame the victim here by gadlaw · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This argument reminds me of arguments like 'she asked for it' or 'well, you should have locked your doors'. Blaming the victim for not doing everything humanly possible to prevent the crime against them is one step away from anarchy. And make no mistake, this was a crime as defined by the law. The spammers thought that they had a small company that wouldn't and couldn't fight back. The spammers thought they would get away with it as they have always done. In this case the victim fought back. Shame on the spammers and hooray for the victim.

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  4. Florida bankruptcy laws? by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Some of these spammers were in Florida, and I know that Florida has laws that let you keep large personal assets like houses even in bankruptcy. (Strange how many scam artists move to Florida.) Does it matter that the judgement was from a federal court?

    The question is probably moot since the spammers vanished before the case started. (They didn't didn't even send lawyers to the court.)

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