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Anti-Spam Lawyer Loses Appeal, and His Possessions
Techdirt is reporting that one particularly rabid anti-spam fighter has not only lost his case, but most of his worldly possessions as well. James Gordon tried to set himself up as an ISP to get around the conventions of the CAN SPAM act in order to set up a litigation house designed to sue companies that spam. Unfortunately a judge did not take kindly to this trick and ordered him to pay $110,000 to the firm he was suing, a decision that was not only upheld on appeal but accompanied by some very unkind words trying to shut down litigation mills like his. "But, perhaps even more fascinating is that the guy, James Gordon, didn't just lose the lawsuit, it appears he lost most of his possessions as well. Remember that ruling telling him to pay the $110k to Virtumundo? He refused. The company sent the debt to a collections agency, but told Gordon they'd call off the collections agency if he dropped the appeal. Gordon didn't."
It's actually the other way around, 98% of lawyers ARE decent people. 2% are dirty evil rats who want to screw everyone as hard as they can, we just hear about them more because guess which type of lawyer most big litigation happy corporations are interested in hiring.
I may agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to face the consequences of saying it.
but you can't make him piss. The jackass had numerous chances to settle and he just wouldn't do it. Whether out of spite or principal I dunno but he's without his stuff. Bottom line: Wadda maroon.
"If you want to know what happens to you when you die, go look at some dead stuff."
Wrong Python. Graham Chapman provided abuse. :)