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Microsoft suing spammers....Tilting at windmills?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fergie (Paul Ferguson))
Fri Dec 3 09:10:03 2004
From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:08:22 GMT
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Given the discussion here on the Lycos anti-spam campaign,
it is also interesting to note that Microsoft is taking a
more "direct" approach to curtail spammer activity -- suing
them.
As reported on the NewsFactor Network, "Microsoft has filed
seven more lawsuits against spammers, this time targeting
those who violate the 'brown-paper wrapper' provision of
the CAN-SPAM law, which sets rules for sexually oriented
e-mail solicitations."
Story:
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Microsoft-Sues-More-Spammers&story_id=28793
It makes one wonder if an entity with as deep pockets and
adept legal staff might actually make an impact on spammers,
or if they are simply tilting at windmills.
- ferg
--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
Engineering Architecture for the Internet
fergdawg@netzero.net or
fergdawg@sbcglobal.net
