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Virginia Court Overturns Spammer Convictions

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-to-spam dept.

EvilStein writes "CNN reports that "A judge dismissed a felony spamming conviction that had been called one of the first of its kind, saying he found no "rational basis" for the verdict and wondering if jurors were confused by technical evidence." Legal groundwork being set? Will other convicted spammers now have grounds for an appeal?"

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  1. Why, yes Your Honor... by Frodo+Crockett · · Score: 5, Funny

    They all willingly subscribed to my penis enlargement newsletter!

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  2. Confused? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    How can you be confused by technical evidence? That made no sense.

    How much ya wanna bet the judge is subscribing to the spammers' services and is being blackmailed...?

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  3. let em click by Virtual+Karma · · Score: 3, Funny

    But your honor, they have the option of cliking 'unsubscribe'. That way I know for sure that its a valid email id and i promise never to send another email to that id and also not sell it to my associates who are selling viagra

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  4. Re:Slashdot: News for Lawyers. by prowley · · Score: 3, Funny
    What gives? Can we bring back the old content?
    Don't worry, the old content comes back every few days.
  5. Perhaps by montypics · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps the judge doesn't administrate an email server. If he did, he'd surely be advocating the death penalty instead.

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