It seems that more and more spammers are using frivolous lawsuits against RBL maintainers. The AHBL The ABHL is one such recent victim of a lawsuit, in fact after two years of threats by the alledged spammer. In this case the litigant is acting pro se and is seeking outrageous damages (over 3 million). I have personally banned his ass at the ISP I work for --several times in fact when he moved his operations after being TOS'd.
I know I'll be modded off topic for this, but I submitted this story twice and the submission bitches at slashdot didn't think it was interesting enough to include, so screw 'em.
As posted on the Usenet newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email, after over two years of legal threats from an alleged spammer, "FreeSpeech Store", Richard Scoville of San Antonio, TX has filed a lawsuit in the Texas court system against the Abusive Hosts Blocking List, a community involved RBL. The suit seeks in total 3.525 million dollars in damage, and a TRO is in effect. While frivilous lawsuits against RBL maintainers are not a new concept, they seem to be more prevalent lately, especially considering the legal costs required to defend lawsuits from out of state. Amazingly, FSS has asserted that any donars who pledge funds to defray legal expenses will be considered "co-conspirators" in his lawsuit.
I can live without it -- the real question is, can they live without my money? The answer to that one is probably also "yes", but that's okay. I'm not out to destroy them, I just don't want to be a supporter of their industry anymore.
What sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'Ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design cryptographic software are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
So you would prefer that the ISPs not shut down spammers?
You obviously don't understand SPEWS.
I must agree. SPEWS did not originate in a vacuum, it happened after years of abuse originating from network providers that either didn't care to do anything about the problem or were part of the problem.
SPEWS has never been just about blocking the source of spam as much as it's been about punishing (or you could look at it as providing incentive to) network providers that give shelter and/or support to the spammers.
In the end result, if you don't like SPEWS don't use it. If your IPs are listed on SPEWS you live in a sewer and you only have yourself or (or your network administrator) to blame. As far as my network goes however, my servers, my rules:-)
A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step -- and so it was that law professor Susan Drummond's long, strange trip into the world of wireless security, where she learned that a terrorist organization had appropriated Ted Rogers' cellphone number, was launched by the arrival of a phone bill for $12,237.60.
Okay, thanks for introducing Ms. Drummond. Who the hell is Ted Rogers and what did that have to do with Ms. Drummonds number being cloned. I don't think they did a very good job of explaining that. I read the article twice and still have no idea who Ted Rogers is.
"They were cloning the senior executives repeatedly, because everyone was afraid to cut off Ted Rogers' phone,"
Uh.. okay, well.. why didn't they do it to Ms. Drummond's phone either? Crappy article.
I am pleased to see my lack of CD purchases is killing you. But i have done far worse than kill you, I have hurt you; and I want to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, with nothing but compulsary, proportionate licensing fees and miniscule iPod profits... buried alive. BURIED ALIVE.
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excaliber from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that Aslan, the Lion, was to carry Excalibur! That is why Aslan was King!
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Multiple "john does"...CHECK
7 year old girl...CHECK
A mother of four...CHECK
Non computer users...CHECK
Nuns...
President bush...
Lars Ulrich...
Ourselves...
God...
#11 on Cringely's 2006 predictions:
11) TiVO will be bought by another company.
What can easily be explained by a good old fashioned slashdotting...
If the Patent Office closed its doors today it would need two years just to clear the backlog.
How about a 2 year moratorium on patents?
I'm impressed. When is the last time you've heard a product rep. assert that they're trying to make their product smaller?
Forget how to pronounce C++0x, how do you pronounce Bjarne Stroustrup?
Do you have an e-mail address where I can report porno spammers being hosted in China?
It seems that more and more spammers are using frivolous lawsuits against RBL maintainers. The AHBL The ABHL is one such recent victim of a lawsuit, in fact after two years of threats by the alledged spammer. In this case the litigant is acting pro se and is seeking outrageous damages (over 3 million). I have personally banned his ass at the ISP I work for --several times in fact when he moved his operations after being TOS'd.
More information at the Abusive Hosts Blocking Lists' legal defense page.
The article wasn't about me, you fucking asshole.
I know I'll be modded off topic for this, but I submitted this story twice and the submission bitches at slashdot didn't think it was interesting enough to include, so screw 'em.
As posted on the Usenet newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email, after over two years of legal threats from an alleged spammer, "FreeSpeech Store", Richard Scoville of San Antonio, TX has filed a lawsuit in the Texas court system against the Abusive Hosts Blocking List, a community involved RBL. The suit seeks in total 3.525 million dollars in damage, and a TRO is in effect. While frivilous lawsuits against RBL maintainers are not a new concept, they seem to be more prevalent lately, especially considering the legal costs required to defend lawsuits from out of state. Amazingly, FSS has asserted that any donars who pledge funds to defray legal expenses will be considered "co-conspirators" in his lawsuit.
Using google
I've solved the problem on my end.
I don't buy music anymore.
I can live without it -- the real question is, can they live without my money? The answer to that one is probably also "yes", but that's okay. I'm not out to destroy them, I just don't want to be a supporter of their industry anymore.
They should invite Jerry Springer to chair the meeting. Chairs will fly.
No, that was the episode in which Steve Balmer did a guest appearance.
When will we see CRIMINAL charges brought against Sony?
What sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'Ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design cryptographic software are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
So you would prefer that the ISPs not shut down spammers?
:-)
You obviously don't understand SPEWS.
I must agree. SPEWS did not originate in a vacuum, it happened after years of abuse originating from network providers that either didn't care to do anything about the problem or were part of the problem.
SPEWS has never been just about blocking the source of spam as much as it's been about punishing (or you could look at it as providing incentive to) network providers that give shelter and/or support to the spammers.
In the end result, if you don't like SPEWS don't use it. If your IPs are listed on SPEWS you live in a sewer and you only have yourself or (or your network administrator) to blame. As far as my network goes however, my servers, my rules
a beowulf cluster of robot drunk santas...
Movie bosses are looking at Superman's buldge.
Well who doesn't seek Guinness..mmm.. it's so frothy and yummy, like a meal in every can.
*grumblecakes*
that he was married to Melinda and had all those billions to philanthropize with, otherwise Melinda would have received this award alone!
A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step -- and so it was that law professor Susan Drummond's long, strange trip into the world of wireless security, where she learned that a terrorist organization had appropriated Ted Rogers' cellphone number, was launched by the arrival of a phone bill for $12,237.60.
Okay, thanks for introducing Ms. Drummond. Who the hell is Ted Rogers and what did that have to do with Ms. Drummonds number being cloned. I don't think they did a very good job of explaining that. I read the article twice and still have no idea who Ted Rogers is.
"They were cloning the senior executives repeatedly, because everyone was afraid to cut off Ted Rogers' phone,"
Uh.. okay, well.. why didn't they do it to Ms. Drummond's phone either? Crappy article.
I am pleased to see my lack of CD purchases is killing you. But i have done far worse than kill you, I have hurt you; and I want to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, with nothing but compulsary, proportionate licensing fees and miniscule iPod profits... buried alive. BURIED ALIVE.
(Okay, I couldn't think of a better ending)
Chimpanzee sues Paramont Studies for ruby on rails...?
I always feel like donating something to the Red Cross whenever I hear about Ruby on Rails.. think of the children.
How did Aslan become king?
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excaliber from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that Aslan, the Lion, was to carry Excalibur! That is why Aslan was King!