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Porn Firms Spanked for Spam

Petersko writes "Five pornography companies have agreed to pay $1.16 million in fines for sending spam e-mail without a warning that it contains sexually explicit material, U.S. regulators said Wednesday."

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  1. FP GNAA! by crimethinker · · Score: -1, Flamebait
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  2. Thank you sir, may I have another! by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Porn Firms Spanked for Spam"

    And they liked it.

    1. Re:Thank you sir, may I have another! by GypC · · Score: 3, Funny
      Not only did they like it, they filmed it.

      At $19.95 a month for a firmspankings.com membership it shouldn't take long to make their money back.

    2. Re:Thank you sir, may I have another! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      $19.95 a month for a firmspankings.com membership? What did you just get the low end package?

    3. Re:Thank you sir, may I have another! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sometimes when I stroke myself to much i spoge on my head and have to get hector to pee on me.

  3. Good thing it wasn't Utah or Minnesota by Seumas · · Score: 4, Funny

    These guys are getting off with a slap on the wrist considering the erection of new laws in certain states. They easily could have gotten a stiffer penalty and possibly done some hard time. Perhaps this will convince them to pull out of the spam game, though.

    1. Re:Good thing it wasn't Utah or Minnesota by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I agree, I believe the authorities weren't really hard on them. Perhaps it was an amateur judge? Let's touch wood and hope in future cases, they won't jerk about and let the spammers get off so lightly. It's a slippery slope, and the stream could become a river which could crash open the dyke. Anyway, spam already has penetrated Internet culture, and I'm quite anal about that. There's a bondage between Internet culture and pop culture, nowadays.

    2. Re:Good thing it wasn't Utah or Minnesota by tverbeek · · Score: 1
      Perhaps it was an amateur judge?

      You misspelled "amature".

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    3. Re:Good thing it wasn't Utah or Minnesota by robzilla_au · · Score: 1

      If theres a way of spelling it amature in a language other than english... maybe, but amateur is right in the english I know.

      note: U.S. dialect may not be included.

    4. Re:Good thing it wasn't Utah or Minnesota by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      "Irony? Sorry, but we don't get much of that around here."

      Amature is the Internet-English spelling.

    5. Re:Good thing it wasn't Utah or Minnesota by Per+Wigren · · Score: 1

      You forgot to emphasize "slippery"...

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  4. "Microsoft Corp helped in the investigation..." by tyates · · Score: 2, Funny

    the FTC said. Jeez, do I really have to say it? Okay, fine, I will. "Thank you, Microsoft." You can go back to suing ex-employees now.

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  5. I feel so left out by consolidatedbord · · Score: 1

    Where's my spanking? :(

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    1. Re:I feel so left out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Too late, but you're just in time for the oral sex.

  6. Merely a notch in the armor of Spam. by deemaunik · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, 1.16 Million in damages. Meanwhile, notwithstanding that loss, they probably made ten to fifty times that in the carpet bombing. 1.16 Million is hardly a huge goal when it comes to lawsuits in the states. =/ Unfortunately.

  7. what the hell... by Mad_Rain · · Score: 2, Funny

    How could the submitter send in this summary without the most important thing: Pictures! ;)

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  8. "Porn Firms Spanked for Spam" by iignotus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't even know where to start...

  9. Hmm... by SWATJester · · Score: 1

    So does this mean that I won't get daily visits from hot barnyard babes willing to do anything I tell them for 4.95 a month?

  10. So, can we see this spam? by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is the only problem with those emails the sexual content?

    Were there no forged email headers? Was the unsubscribe link valid and not a source of more spam? Was the spam not sent from unsecured, unknowing mail servers? Was there no attempt to deceive recipients or get past spam blockers? Was the sender properly identified?

    This should end with prison sentences, not a fine - but unless there's evil porn involved, good luck getting law enforcement even mildly interested.

    Remember kids: if it's sex, it's bad. Otherwise, it's good. A simple rule, and easy to remember.

  11. Have agreed to pay.... by cazbar · · Score: 1
    Five pornography companies have agreed to pay $1.16 million in fines

    Have agreed to pay? They get a choice?

    1. Re:Have agreed to pay.... by DA-MAN · · Score: 2, Informative

      Have agreed to pay? They get a choice?

      Yes, they can pay the fine OR they can pay a lawyer, go to court, and lose the cost of the lawyer + cost of fine + court costs + incurred penalties.

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  12. Hmmmm by scrwvwls · · Score: 1

    Had they avoided sending spam unsoliticed they could have collaberated to make a very first in the whole of the pr0n industry: a big budget flick! Kleenex stock would like burgeon out of control (which would benefit me exceedingly) and on opening weekend every boy/man and husband less wily than myself would be gone for at least 30 minutes! That would leave plenty of time for me and the ladies. But...*sigh* unfortunately for now, I suppose I am/will remain a loser.

  13. Good... by rbarreira · · Score: 1

    This is great, I just hope that money will be well used by the government :)

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  14. Windings by Eternauta3k · · Score: 1

    -But your honor, the warning was in windings!

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  15. New section needed: by johnny_sas · · Score: 1

    porn.slashdot.org