"Spam King" Agrees to Stop Spamming For Now

Sandman writes "The AP is reporting that so called "Spam King" Sanford Wallace has agreed to stop spamming... at least temporarily until the FTC suit is settled" At best this is a precursor of things to come, and at worst it's a nice break.

Comments

Too little too late

[albn]

They can give restaining orders all day long, but the spyware, adware and other crap is still on many boxes still generating ads for him.

"Spamford" Wallace has promised to stop before...

[martinbogo]

Most likely, he's working out a way to offshore the whole operation into a shell corporation in the Bahamas, and will (again) laugh his way to the bank.

Infecting the net with spyware, choking the backbones with spam. Making his money in the sleazebag way he always does.

This doesn't change anything.

obvious next step

[ChipMonk]

Don't settle the suit. Drag it on forever.

yeah, right

[elmegil]

at worst it's a nice break.

Because we know there's no way he's passed off his lists and primary business to someone else, a partner or whatever, so that the revenue stream just gets transferred away from him while he's under investigation.

A Friendly Reminder

[Lead Butthead]

a. Spammers lie.
b. See "a."

Conclusion: Stop spamming as in stop spamming from US?

Re:"Spamford" Wallace has promised to stop before.

[Anonymous Coward]

remember, this is the same dude who invented the junk fax, who was one of the first into spam, and now proven to be into sinister bots. death is too good for him.

I think you're overreacting just a tad. Maybe the slashdot hive mind thinks it's alright, but I don't see how you could ever equate mass unsolicited e-mail being worth someone, anyone's, life.

I know I'll get modded down (AC, Karma is preciousss), but speaking as someone who was recently robbed, sure, I want financial restitution (I liked the first part of your post), but I don't think the hooligans who did it should pay with their life; and trust me, the burglary bugged me a lot more than the hundreds of spam I got that day.

Re:Interesting tactics

[Lord_Dweomer]

Yeah....but when you think about it, lots of advertising can be effective when you break advertising law.

I mean, who wouldn't buy a product that claimed to give you immortality, a 10" penis, the ability to sleep with a girl just by looking at her, and the ability to lose as much weight as you want by just eating junkfood. Thats why advertising law exists in the first place.

Re:I don't get it...

[hughk]

A lot of that software is pirated. It will work but may have upgrade issues. A proportion may be OEM, but a large number is just pirated.