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Spammer settles with MS and Texas

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whack-a-mole dept.

RedOregon writes "One of the world's most notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with the state [of Texas] and Microsoft Corp. that cost him at least $1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop sending the e-mails."

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  1. We still lose... by crazyjeremy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So wait a second... Since he settled for $1 million dollars and in his career he actually made more than $1 million, how is this fair? We still all lose, right? If he's made enough money to buy the house and the BMW, what's a million dollar fine but a slap on the wrist? Why doesn't this punk go to jail?

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    1. Re:We still lose... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Which is why the current spam laws must be changed.

      Sending spam without giving users the chance to opt-out would still be applied.
      Sending spam through open proxies or machines without the explicit written authorization of their legal owners should be illegal, with jail penalty.

  2. Re:So sad by Khyber · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Except this person was a SPAMMER - he's lucky to not have been nailed under the CAN-SPAM act and actually thrown in jail - though I say he should've been charged under the act first, then taken to court. Jail time, AND fines afterwards to add on to his humiliation. Also, in the case of spammers - I heartily suggest the same route we take when we seize drugs from people - seize EVERYTHING. Leave him with nothing, as he'll have one hard hell of a time proving that the legally acquired stuff was acquired without the help of his spamming efforts.

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  3. Re:So sad by lon3st4r · · Score: 1, Insightful
    I totally agree with the despicable act that spamming is. But we should get a grip on how acute an issue it is. I am not a spammer, and if everything were seized from me and I were asked to explain how I got them - it would be difficult for me to explain. My nose is 100% clean, but still it would be difficult, and a royal pain.

    There are remedial measures, ways and methods of dealing with these things - and they have been codified as laws. If some authority gets the right to sieze everything you have, then you will be the first person to complain against such draconian measures and human-rights violation.

    There are more than one ways to convict spammers - including much stiffer penalties and more thorough accounting investigations. Spamming offends others, and spammers do make a lot of money out of it. But it doesnot physically/mentally harm anyone. There are worse crimes than spamming, and we should reserve some punishments for those as well ;)

    * lon3st4r *