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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. Nice job... by tlacuache · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is the kind of thing I like to see. It's time we start holding some of these companies who use spam, spyware, adware, etc. responsible. I hope Texas' suit against Sony is successful, too.

  2. And from the article... by Misch · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you'd RTFA, you'd see that this was an out of court settlement. The guy didn't win in court, he settled.

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  3. Re:But... by Rinzwind · · Score: 3, Informative

    Courtfees where payed by the spammer and totalled a staggering of 30 pounds. And there was not a lawyer present.