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Suing the Spammers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the aint-that-nice dept.

ReadbackMonkey writes "AOL sued a Queen's based group of spammers, and was awarded $600k. " As always spam is a nasty problem. This morning I was hit with my wseekly request to purchase toner (I don't own a printer) as well as an exciting pornographic opportunity. Its annoying, but I still don't feel happy about seeing lawsuits like this. I'm happy to see spammers pay, but how far could this go?

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  1. Re:Why should AOL get the money? by richnut · · Score: 4

    I used to work for an ISP, and spam erradication is a huge resource drain. Not only do you need to have people chase the spammers down, but you have spend time dealing with the mercenaries at RBL, you have to continually keep an eye on your mail servers, not to mention field user complaints who post to alt.sex.gimme.pr0n and then complain when they recieve spam. Let the spammers pay. I'm glad AOL wins. Spam ruins the internet.

    -Rich