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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. 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

    --

    There is much cruelty in the universe, John.
    Yeah, we seem to have the tour map.