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Spammer Sued Under EU Law

Posted by Zonk on from the good-day-for-clean-inboxes dept.

IngramJames writes "A British businessman has successfully sued a company who sent him a spam email. The case was settled out of court, so is not binding, but it's promising that the spammers had to cough up £300 for a single email! It's being reported (in a much more readable way) on The Register and the BBC." From the BBC article: "Three years ago the EU passed an anti-spam law, the directive on privacy and telecommunications, which gave individuals the right to fight the growing tide of unwanted e-mail by allowing them to claim damages."

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  1. How will it be paid..? by Zwets · · Score: 3, Funny

    £300 worth of all-natural herbal Viagra?

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    One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. - Will Duran
  2. Male Enhancement Industry Dead by ranton · · Score: 3, Funny

    How will the male enhancement industry survive now? I dont think that anyone actually wants those stupid emails in their mailbox, so they will have to try another marketing scheme.

    Too bad, so sad.

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    -- All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
  3. So WHO can I sue? by MrBandersnatch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Need more info for this exciting new European business opportunity :-

    1) Receive spam
    2) Sue the bastards.
    3) Profit!!

    With 2 years spam saved in my inbox (on another machine because eventually THAT became unmanagable) Im looking forward to this guys "spam kit". However Im wondering if Im only limited to sueing spamming companies...can I sue the services that have an open proxy, the ISPs that allow their customers to have an open proxy? Can I sue yahoo/hotmail for allowing their services to be used for spam. Oh the possibilities.....

  4. Court-ordered spam by reset_button · · Score: 2, Funny

    They actually served the company once for each e-mail sent - they spent hours cleaning out their inbox!