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Verizon Wins Injunction Against Text Spammer

Posted by Zonk on from the seek-another-line-of-business dept.

bulled writes "CNet is running a story illustrating the US court system's ongoing harsh opinion about unwarranted communications of any kind. Verizon Wireless recently won a lawsuit against a company that was delivering massive numbers of spam text messages to its customers. Specialized Programming and Marketing and Henderson was ordered to pay more than $200,000 in damages to Verizon Wireless, some two years after Verizon filed the suit against the company. In 2005 Specialized Programming sent some 100,000 emails to Verizon phones. Verizon now has an injunction against the Marketing firm, another win for a company that has developed a reputation for going after spammers."

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  1. Seriously by Stokey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Specialised Programming and Marketing and Henderson

    SPaMaH!

    Surely that's too good to be true!

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  2. Unfortunately by Filip22012005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    $200,000 verizon dollars is only $2,000 US dollars...

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  3. Letter by slapout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Verizon,

        Can you please sue my carrier, Cingular*, for all the text messages they send me?

    Thanks

    * Cingular is soon to be part of AT&T, not the AT&T we all remember, but the new AT&T that was SBC until they renamed themselves AT&T after they bought what was left of AT&T after they ran themselves into the ground. Not to be confused with AT&T wireless, that was sold off to Cingular and them merged in with them.

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  4. Re:what about the customers? by Scratch-O-Matic · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you can show that you received spam over the Verizon network during calendar year 2005, you will be eligible to receive a coupon for $5 off any qualified upgrade to your current service. Participating stores only. Two-year contract requirement may apply. Not applicable in conjunction with other settlements. Offer expires February 28th, 2007. Certain legal fees may be deducted from the $5 settlement amount; in some cases, if these fees exceed $5, a claimant may owe Verizon additional funds after a claim is filed. Offer not valid in CA, NC, MD, AK, HI, ND, SD, OH, OR, UT, ME, IA, FL, AL, or AZ.

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  5. Re:Question about Verizon text plans by winnabago · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does Verizon charge for inbound text messages? If so, how much?


    Yes, 2 cents from 2003-2005, 10 cents 05-07, and recently it was raised to 15 cents. That's .15 dollars, for those counting.

    It's really amazing that they do this. You can't set up blocks or even turn off messaging at the hardware level, so whatever gets sent, you get. It's most American providers though that do this, so it's not likely to change anytime soon.
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