Spammers Fined A$5.5 million

Mick Bailey writes "A Perth company and it's director have been issued a A$5.5 million (approx. US$4 million) fine for breaching anti-spam laws. Australian IT watchers may be familiar with the director, Robert Mansfield — he's been personally fined A$1 million for the offenses. The Company, Clarity1, sent 280 million unsolicited emails of which 74 million hit mailboxes between 4/2004 and 4/2006."

Comments

Is it enough?

[jmagar.com]

I wonder if he's made enough money from the spam to cover this fine. It could turn out that this just becomes the cost of doing business...

I prefer to see jail time for these guys.