[registrars] [Asrg] The spammers strike back (fwd)

[Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>]

Slightly on-topic, law, misbehavior, and attempts to preserve value.

 
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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:33:20 -0400

>Florida spammers sue anti-spam groups
>By John Leyden
>Posted: 23/04/2003 at 12:25 GMT
>
>A group of Florida-based porn peddlers, penis enlargement and Viagra 
>spammers has united to file suit against anti-spam organisations.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30368.html

Copy of the suit at
http://members.cox.net/lxix/slapp.pdf

Looks like they've gone after Spews, Spamhaus, Joker.com, Steve 
Linford, Julian Linford, Alan Murphy, Susan Wilson, Steven Sobol, 
Clifton Sharp, Richard Tietjens, Adam Brower and Joe Jared.

Sadly, unlike spam victims, it's easy for them to show damages.
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Kee Hinckley
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http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/   Writings on Technology and Society

I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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