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Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail
Iphtashu Fitz writes "Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, NC now has the dubious honor of being the first spammer sentenced to jail for the felony of spamming. Virginia judge Thomas Horne sentenced Jaynes to 9 years in prison based on a jury recommendation after he was convicted of sending out 10 million e-mails a day. Jaynes, who sent out much of his spam using the name "Gaven Stubberfield", has held a position on the SpamHaus Registry of Known Spam Operations for a long time.
Unfortunately the sentence has been postponed while the case is being appealed." Commentary on the sentence available at Forbes as well.
Spam in the can, anyone?
Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
I think it's time for a good ol' fashioned tar and feathering...Now where'd I put those chickens?
I call it a good start. I'd maybe add some language keeping him away from anyhting to do with networked computers for a while as well. 100 or so years should be enough for him to learn his lesson.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Do you think he got more time for choosing an alias as stupid as "Gaven Stubberfield"?
Corporations: your universal scapegoat for all society's ills.
How will that go over in prison?
Convict: What are you in for?
Jeremy Jaynes: um... spam.
He's somebody's bitch for sure...
You can have my cynical agnosticism when you pry it from my cold, dead logic.
Bet he's sorry now htat he sent those penis enlargement pill e-mails to incarcerated felons.
ummm, you do know that address no longer points to anything, don't you? Sheesh, you call yourself a troll? You're just a failure, and a lazy one to boot!
I totally agree. 9 years is a horrible sentence for spamming. We should be more caring more, sensitive, more in touch with our inner fetus....
-get a rope......
- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
That would amount to just under 4.5 years (based on 10M spam/day for 2 weeks). I think that since it takes about 2 seconds to DEL the spam, he should be sentenced to those 2 secs for actual damages + 1 sec punitive = 3 seconds per spam, or roughly 13 yrs. All in favour?
Karma: Excellent (Mainly due to Bill & Ted's Karma Adventure)
Talk about an effective way to teach people to differentiate the two...
Do not taunt Happy-Fun Ball
So we should just set the sentance for spamming at a very tiny 2 seconds per spam mail in jail. That seems fair to me. Send out 150 spams get 5 minutes in jail. Maybe my parents would quit sending me those crappy jokes if they had to go server a couple of minutes in a jail cell.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Unfortunately, I think your parents have a legitimate claim on having a prior relationship with you.
Every day he should get 5 thousand pages of penis enlargement ads and buried within them is the form he needs to fill out to request a meal. If he doesn't find and fill out the form he goes hungry.
Unfortunately, I think your parents have a legitimate claim on having a prior relationship with you.
Yet another annoying opt-out scheme...
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
Is there _anyone_ that you actually love in life? A wife/husband, child or family member? If so, pretend I killed them when I was driving down the road piss drunk. Would you stand up in court and fight for me so that I didn't get a big sentence because I didn't "murder" your loved one? I am glad I am not related to you. You obviously have no heart or love for life in you.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
He's worth approximately $24 million, all as a result of spamming. I'd go to jail for one year for $24 million. I mean... daaaaamn. That's roughly $66,000 per day. I could put up with a lot of abuse for $66,000 per day.