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Gates' Resolve in Bringing Spammers to Justice

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-care-about-justice-just-a-clean-inbox dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It didn't seem to me like any single company had the stomach to keep after the scum that are ruining the Net for the rest of us. Unless that company is Microsoft. Since the beginning of 2003, Microsoft has filed 96 lawsuits against spammers, and 119 lawsuits against phishers. By any measure, 215 lawsuits constitutes a legal juggernaut. "

2 of 325 comments (clear)

  1. Bill by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...probably just got tired of getting spam and 419ers in his Hotmail inbox / Outlook Express. So instead of developing better filters, he decided to take them out.

    Someone might as well invite BillG to Gmail already.

  2. Juggernaut? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    By any measure, 215 lawsuits constitutes a legal juggernaut.

    I guess you've never heard of a little group known as the RIAA.