March 10, 2004

SPAM Suits

Well, I wasn't convinced when the 'Can-Spam' legislation originally passed that we could count on the big folks to go after the spammers. I was wrong:

Microsoft Corp. and other leading Internet companies, in an unusual joint effort among corporate rivals, announced six lawsuits today against hundreds of people accused of sending millions of unwanted e-mails in violation of the new federal law against "spam."
It will be very interesting to see how this plays out. But, heck, even if they successfully stamp out these folks in the US I expect that the increasing number of items I see from Russia, etc., will continue.

You can find the actual complaints at Findlaw.

Posted by Steve on March 10, 2004
Comments

I sure hope this is effective... the alternative seems to be paying to send email, electronic stamps, and all that, which would devastate the net.

Posted by paul goyette at March 11, 2004 7:03 AM

It's spelled "spam." SPAM is that pink canned meat stuff from Hormel. The article doesn't spell it in all caps.

Posted by Sean Lynch at March 11, 2004 4:04 PM

Sean,

Thanks for pointing this out.

Posted by Steve at March 11, 2004 11:18 PM
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