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Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Anti-Spam Service Extortion?

Posted by Unknown on from the with-an-axe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I work for a European ISP, and lately we're receiving quite a few complaints from customers about not being able to send emails because of UCEProtect's listings. After checking with their site, we found out that our whole AS (!) was blacklisted. Their 'immediate removal policy' asks for money, around 90 euros Per IP for end users and 300 euros for ISPs, and their site has bold statements like 'YOU ARE LOSING YOUR RIGHT TO EXPRESSDELIST YOUR IP IF YOU ARE STUPID AND CLAIMING THIS WOULD BE BLACKMAIL...' Could this be considered extortion-blackmail ? Has anyone else on Slashdot dealt with this service before?"

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  1. Re:Wel you got enough guns by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    No.

    There is no "Free Speach thingy" in Europe.

    Publishing a list of scum that includes you is libellous UNLESS YOU ARE SCUM. (Bear in mind that the IRA sued Channel 4 news for calling them terrorists).

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