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High Earning Spammers Face Tougher Sentences

netbuzz writes "More big-time spammers may find themselves doing longer stretches behind bars if a federal judge's first-of-its-kind sentencing decision in a Denver case becomes widely applied. In a sense, these spammers would be hoisted on their own profits, as language in CAN-SPAM allows the use of their profits instead of the difficult-to-measure financial damage they cause in establishing a prison sentence. The Denver spammer earned $250,000 — and a 20% longer prison stint — using this approach."

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  1. Can you say screwed? by Debug0x2a · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Let the punishment fit the crime. Spammers will be sentenced to a prison sentence with cellmates that have taken every pen1s enlargement pill offered, is looking for a hot relationship, and is chalk full of v1agra. 1 cell mate per $100,000 made, minimum 1. ...and you are very bad person.

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  2. Re:dog penis by Ekhymosis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What a shitty story. The plot was pure crap, like if monkeys took a dump on their typewriters and sold the output. We should flush out these posts!

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