Judge awards $1 billion in anti-spamming ...

[Tommy]

Very intersting article

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20041218-1343-spam-lawsuit.html

[DangerDave]

Nice one! Lets hope it has some effect...

DD

[Tommy]

I wasnt sure if I should post it or not

but like I said its an intersting read

[T Pat]

very interesting Tommy, the defendents not haveing lawyers present probable means the principles are in Aruba enjoying life in the sun|jester|

[FTS]

1 billion which will never be seen by the plantiff

[verve]

Originally posted by FTS
1 billion which will never be seen by the plantiff

Yep.. that is the sad thing. Hope the guy sees something from them.. but 1 Billion is a little nuts..

[Greenguy]

Welcome to last week.

Maybe I should ban ************ from the board |banghead|

[DangerDave]

|rasta|

[RawAlex]

As a non-contested 'defendant never showed up' default judgement, it is worth little. It cannot be used as precident for other cases (although some will certainly try). Had the defendants even shown up, the amount would probably be VERY small.

Until the FTC steps up and starts to prosecute EVERY misleading spam they see, well, the scammers will be out there.

Alex