[109649] in Cypherpunks
Re: benchmark print suplies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Cordian)
Wed Mar 31 16:25:48 1999
From: Eric Cordian <emc@levitate.net>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:07:26 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199903311809.UAA15632@mail.replay.com> from "Alex de Joode" at Mar 31, 99 08:09:32 pm
Reply-To: Eric Cordian <emc@levitate.net>
An unhappy Alex de Joode writes:
> Does any-one know a lawfirm that does 'no cure no pay'
> (or whatever it's called in the us) litigation in the
> Washinton DC area ?
By "no cure no pay" we will assume you mean "contingency fee."
> We are an organization based in The Netherlands, and it
> has come to our attention that someone is using an
> email adress of one of our autoresponder to spam the
> Internet with 'print and toner supply'.
Wouldn't a configuration solution to this problem be faster than a lawsuit
solution?
> Q: does any-one in this forum know a .US lawfirm that
> would be willing to start litigation on a 'no cure no pay'
> preferably in the Wahsington DC area since faking a from
> line is illegal there.
I can't imagine any legal firm would take a minor spamming case on a
contingency fee. Even if they did, you would still have to cover the
firm's direct expenses for preparing the case, including investigative
costs, travel, and document preparation.
If they have violated the law, the DC prosecutor should go after them for
free, and some sort of restitution might be ordered should they be
convicted and sentenced. That, of course, would be a criminal and not a
civil matter.
I suspect, however, that such a case would find itself in the low-priority
queue, especially in a crime-infested jurisdiction like DC.
Better to just configure your autoresponder to prevent such abuse in
the future.
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Eric Michael Cordian 0+
O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division
"Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
