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High Earning Spammers Face Tougher Sentences

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime dept.

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. Which is just the opposite of "regular" justice... by kclittle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Steal $15,000, and you get 15 years. Steal $15,000,000,000 (can you say "Enron"?), and you get 2 years plus time spent.
    Oh, well, American jurisprudence overcomes all obstacles, I guess.

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  2. Re:Which is just the opposite of "regular" justice by deniable · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I keep wondering, why do we need to charge the spammers with anti-spam laws. I haven't seen any that aren't drug dealers, stock scams, or outright fraud. Nail the bastards for those with all of the current laws. Funny, the more they made from these, the more counts that can hang them.

    If Bob, the neighborhood dealer, was offering as much product as these scumbags, he'd be in jail for life.

    Oh well, we have the anti-spam laws now, so we might as well hit them for both.