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More Spammers Threatening To Sue
Anti-Spammers

More Spammers Threatening To Sue
Anti-Spammers 06/11/2004 12:55 PM
It looks like the various spam laws that help legalize spam are making the spammers extra litigious. Following a lawsuit in the US by a spammer against an anti-spam operation for still block their email, some spammers in the UK are threatening Spamhaus with lawsuits for still having them on their blacklist. The problem is that, just because the law now gives them the permission to spam, it doesn't mean people aren't allowed to make their own private efforts to block them. The laws may allow them to send their spam, but there's nothing in these laws that require people to receive it.

Referer spammers are comment spammers
too

Referer spammers are comment spammers
too 02/01/2005 10:08 PM
Is there a connection between referer spamming tools such as Reffy, and mass comment spamming in Movable Type?

Take My Spammers... Please...

Take My Spammers... Please... 09/09/2004 10:39 AM

Interesting story from the BBC about giant service provider Savvis’ internal debate over whether to expunge spammers from their network. The article details their angst over hosting spammers vs their love of that sweet green cash.

Alif Terranson, a former Savvis employee who was responsible for keeping the network clean, objected to the spammers and wrote a 200-page report detailing his complaints about the spammers.

He told the BBC: “One of the Vice Presidents told me, ‘Take no action against any Cable & wireless customer - they are profitable and they are off limits.’

“He was talking specifically about that 200-page report which at the time was 95 spammers. When I left Savvis in April it was almost 100, today it is 148.

Two hundred pages? I don’t like spam, but I doubt I could write that much on it. Maybe he should have mailed it a page at a time with subjects like ‘H3RE’5 TH4T B1G SP4M RE.PoRT!!! F4NTASTIC REEDING!!!’

After being threatened with blacklisting by anti-spam groups, they finally decided to give the spammers their walking papers, but it goes to show you just how hard spam is to get rid of. The lost profits of these customers is small potatoes to the world’s second largest provider, but Mom & Pop providers would probably be loathe to get rid of them.

Via Multiple Sources.

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"spammers"

"spammers" 01/04/2004 03:27 PM

Spammers

Spammers 09/07/2004 02:49 AM
I haven't said anything about spam in a while. I've stopped keeping track of my monthly intake, no longer look...

Spamming spammers?

Spamming spammers? 03/22/2005 03:49 PM
IBM unveiled a service Tuesday that sends unwanted e-mails back to the spammers who sent them.

The new IBM (Research) service, known as FairUCE, essentially uses a giant database to identify computers that are sending spam. E-mails coming from a computer on the spam database are sent directly back to the computer, not just the e-mail account, that sent them. "Spam has become a high priority security issue for businesses today," Stuart McIrvine, IBM's director of corporate security strategy, said in a prepared statement.

"By creating a multi-layered defense that proactively repels spam at its source, companies can get ahead of spammers and malicious hackers who are always looking for new ways of penetrating IT systems through e-mail." IBM said the new solution effectively minimizes the growing threats of "phishing and spoofing -- tactics used to trick people into disclosing information that can lead to identity theft."

News source: CNN

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This Week's Top 10 Spammers

This Week's Top 10 Spammers 06/14/2004 04:15 PM
Spam is a continuing (and annoying) presence in our e-mailboxes. But who's sending the junk messages? Here's a list of the top culprits and what you can do about them.

Spammers in the slammer?

Spammers in the slammer? 12/12/2003 12:01 AM
The Virginia Attorney General announces the first felony indictments of spammers in the U.S. under VA's new anti-spam law.

Spammers 'repent'

Spammers 'repent' 05/06/2004 12:17 AM
USA Today May 6 2004 4:19AM GMT

Can The US Can Spammers Outside The
Country?

Can The US Can Spammers Outside The
Country? 04/30/2004 12:16 PM
It turns out that not only did the feds charge some American spammers under CAN SPAM this week, but they also went after some Australian spammers as well. The article is unclear, but it sounds like they're not using CAN SPAM for the complaint against the Australian spammers, but are instead going after them for fraudulent advertising. Still, it does raise the question about how far the arms of US law can reach in going after spammers. I imagine it's not so difficult to go after Australian spammers, since the two countries are closely aligned and are likely to cooperate. However, as spammers migrate to less closely allied countries, will the feds be able to do anything?

Spammers given boot

Spammers given boot 09/23/2004 12:38 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Wed Sep 22, 09:41 am GMT

First spammers charged under new US law

First spammers charged under new US law 04/30/2004 03:25 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 30 2004 7:53AM GMT

Spammers are giving up, AOL says

Spammers are giving up, AOL says 12/29/2004 08:44 PM
National Post Dec 30 2004 12:44AM GMT

AOL Spammers Scram?

AOL Spammers Scram? 12/28/2004 03:17 PM
The Internet service provider claims drastically reduced spam. How good is this news?

Will China Really Go After Spammers?

Will China Really Go After Spammers? 09/15/2004 01:39 PM
For quite some time, it's been known that many spammers use Chinese servers to send out spam. The Chinese government hadn't paid much attention to spam, preferring to do more important things online like blockin g out Google. However, after realizing that (uh oh) political activists might start using spam to get their message out, they announced plans earlier this year to crack down on spam. It looks like it took them a few months to realize it wasn't as easy as they've expected, so they've now agreed to work with foreign anti-spam firms to try to tackle the problem. These anti-spam firms are excited about this, because they think with some cooperation from the Chinese government and Chinese ISPs they'll be able to do a lot more in stopping spam coming from China. Of course, it won't be long until spammers move on to some other country (or to various zombie systems). Still, for all the talk about how China is now interested in stopping spam, it is worth remembering that the only reason they got interested originally was to block political speech. So, is it really a coincidence that Symantec's anti-virus software is suddenly deciding that a program to route around Chinese government censorship is a trojan that should be blocked? It makes you wonder what kind of deal these security firms struck with the Chinese government.

How Spammers Find You

How Spammers Find You 02/15/2004 09:10 PM
Macleans Online Feb 16 2004 1:13AM GMT

Big Bounties Only Way To Take Down
Spammers

Big Bounties Only Way To Take Down
Spammers 09/16/2004 10:41 PM
The idea of "bounties" for anyone who can track down a spammer is not a new idea. Larry Lessig has been suggest ing it for a while and the FTC has been conside ring whether or not to add it to CAN SPAM. While they've said in the past that they doubted it would work, today they reported their findings, which claim the only way to make a spam hunting bounty system work is to pay some serious cash to spam hunters: $100,000 to $250,000. Note that this is more than what the FBI pays for tips on its 10 Most Wanted list. While the report claims such a bounty would have to come from taxpayer funds, perhaps they should talk to some companies. Large ISPs already pay plenty trying to weed out all the spam clogging their network. Perhaps they'd be willing to toss a few hundred thousand dollars into a bounty system, hoping that taking down spammers would relieve some of their network congestion.

Can You Slow Spammers Down?

Can You Slow Spammers Down? 02/16/2004 10:53 PM
Yet another anti-spam company is making news for their slightly different take on how to stop spam. The company, TurnTide, is offering a router for ISPs that watches over email traffic, and if the traffic is consistent with that of spam, the system slows down the traffic to a crawl, making spamming less lucrative, in theory. This is, basically, a more commercial means of offering a greylisting solution. The company, which showed up with a new $1 million in funding today at DEMO 2004, claims they have no competitors - but that (as always) is untrue (and whoever invested in them needs to tell them that). My guess, though, is that it won't take spammers too long to figure out ways to get around this sort of blocking maneuver. At their own end, they'll simply find spam-sympathetic ISPs (as they do now) that would never use such a system. Then, they'll probably just hijack more machines and have them each send out limited amounts of email to trick the system into believing they're legitimate.

Experts: Spammers are on the run

Experts: Spammers are on the run 01/26/2004 10:18 AM
Boston Globe Jan 26 2004 2:14PM GMT

FTC Settles With Spammers

FTC Settles With Spammers 05/07/2004 02:58 PM
Last year (before CAN-SPAM was even in place), the FTC sued a couple of spammers for using deceptive subject lines and spoofed email addresses to send people to a porn site. The spammers have now settled with the FTC and agreed to give back $112,500 that they received from the spam. Of course, I wonder if that's all they really received from the spam. Besides, if they just are giving back what they made from the spam, then there seems to be no actual punishment on top of that for spamming. Also, if the FTC could go after people for misleading subject lines and spoofed return addresses, why did we need CAN-SPAM in the first place?

Why do Spammers Spam?

Why do Spammers Spam? 05/14/2004 09:17 AM
Ladies and Gentleman that is the million dollar question and now we have some insight into exactly what is happening...

Damn spammers!

Damn spammers! 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Those spammers have really sunk to new lows now! They're now posting spams to my blog! So I've had to...

Comment spammers

Comment spammers 10/30/2003 10:25 PM
I have been spared the invasion of the comment spammers because my weblog was offline this summer. But to pre-empt them, now that comments are back, I installed Blacklist. I then did a Google query on blacklist.txt, and pasted the...

Down with Blog Spammers

Down with Blog Spammers 11/10/2003 11:39 PM
Adam Kalsey says it: Now spammers have turned their attention to weblogs and comment forms. In order to increase search engine rankings you are posting advertisements to our Web pages. What you failed to understand is that bloggers are smarter, better connected, and more technologically savvy than the average email user. We control the medium that you are now attempting to exploit. You've picked a fight with us and it's a fight you cannot win. And you know what? He's...

Spammers, I Salute You

Spammers, I Salute You 04/13/2005 05:58 PM
For both your creative ways to get around spam blockers and your incredible stupidity in doing so. I saw this in my mail box,...

Microsoft Goes After 8 More Spammers

Microsoft Goes After 8 More Spammers 06/11/2004 07:15 PM
In its latest salvo against unwanted e-mail flooding customer mailboxes, Microsoft has filed lawsuits against eight more spammers. The company claims the spammers deceived customers and attempted to hide the source of the spam. Redmond is now pursuing over 80 lawsuits against spammers around the world. Last March, Microsoft joined forces with AOL, EarthLink and Yahoo! to sue hundreds of spammers under the new CAN-SPAM act.

How much will the Bounty be for Spammers

How much will the Bounty be for Spammers 05/23/2004 07:52 AM
Back when America had a true wild wild west their where bounty posters for murder's, bank robbers etc. Well the...

A Look Into How Spammers Spam

A Look Into How Spammers Spam 05/14/2004 01:32 PM
Nothing all that surprising here, but some anti-spammers have managed to get themselves into the various "spam clubs" where top spammers trade tips with each other. From that they've learned, as we all pretty much knew already, that the state of the art in spamming is using compromised machines that have had a trojan installed on them. Lists of such controllable machines are offered to other spammers, both for additional spamming capabilities and for denial of service attacks. Basically, the spammers have built up quite a distributed super computer - and those contributing cycles and bandwidth don't even know about it.

Commentary: Spammers must pay

Commentary: Spammers must pay 12/16/2003 11:19 AM
CNET Dec 16 2003 10:49AM ET

Spammers target home PCs

Spammers target home PCs 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
BBC Mar 5 2004 9:22AM GMT

Hurricanes Affecting Spammers?

Hurricanes Affecting Spammers? 09/16/2004 03:14 PM

AOL, Earthlink sue alleged spammers

AOL, Earthlink sue alleged spammers 02/19/2004 12:04 AM
Two major Internet service providers, EarthLink Inc. and America Online (AOL), have filed civil complaints against two alleged spam rings this week in an attempt to save their subscribers from unwanted commercial e-mail.

In (Sort Of) Defense of Spammers

In (Sort Of) Defense of Spammers 02/18/2004 02:52 PM

FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers

FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers 09/16/2004 10:38 PM

Microsoft takes on eight more spammers

Microsoft takes on eight more spammers 06/11/2004 10:01 AM
Computer Shopper Jun 11 2004 2:13PM GMT

Microsoft sues eight spammers

Microsoft sues eight spammers 06/11/2004 01:07 PM
Microsoft has filed lawsuits against eight spammers under a new antispam law that went into effect in January. Microsoft accuses them of violating the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act. The spammers spoofed their domains, routed their email through open proxies, and used misleading subject lines. The spammers sent millions of emails for body-part enlargement pills, dating services and get-rich-quick schemes.

US ponders $250,000 bounty on spammers

US ponders $250,000 bounty on spammers 09/20/2004 04:57 PM

Hurricanes Don't Stop Spammers

Hurricanes Don't Stop Spammers 09/16/2004 05:14 PM
For years, the refrain has been that many spammers seem to make their home in Florida, so when a few people noticed their spam levels dropping recently, they assumed it must be due to all those hurricanes in Florida. So are spammers shutting down their servers and evacuating? Business Week doesn't think so, though, a few of the spamming operations they contacted in Florida did admit to taking a few days off. Still, it looks like there was barely a dent in overall spam production, and there are clearly enough spammers elsewhere to pick up the slack.

PlayStation spammers refund $25,000

PlayStation spammers refund $25,000 02/12/2004 05:46 AM
ZDNet UK Feb 12 2004 10:32AM GMT
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Meta-tag Spam Declared Illegal in
Germany

Meta-tag Spam Declared Illegal in
Germany 08/09/2004 09:55 AM

States Can Still Go After Spammers For
Deceptive Spam

States Can Still Go After Spammers For
Deceptive Spam 04/23/2004 10:59 AM
When CAN SPAM first passed, one of the complaints against it was that it wiped out every state anti-spam law - many of which were much tougher than the federal law. However, Wired News is pointing out that there was one loophole that many states are now trying to use. States can still create and enforce anti-sp am laws that target "falsity and deception" in commercial emails. Since an awful lot of spam does both, that gives them some leeway (though, not very much). Still, it sounds like some states are trying to take advantage of this (helped with a push from folks like AOL). So, perhaps we will see some more state-level spam prosecutions. Of course, it would seem that "falsity and deception" in any kind of commercial announcement should already be illegal for a variety of other reasons, whether or not it's spam, so it's a little unclear if additional spam-specific laws are needed for just this aspect.

Bush stops spam; blue states rejoice

Bush stops spam; blue states rejoice 01/03/2005 12:53 AM
Salon Jan 3 2005 4:01AM GMT

Illegal immigrants, illegal aliens and
the undocumented

Illegal immigrants, illegal aliens and
the undocumented 01/24/2004 07:13 PM
It's only used by frothing-at-the-mouth xenophobes. Not that there's a shortage of them. Google yields 242,000 Web sites where "illegal aliens" appears. ...

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP) 05/12/2004 04:17 AM
AFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs Internet traffic worldwide.

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up 05/24/2004 05:37 PM
The latest study on spam trends appears to show that financial spam is outpacing pharmaceutical spam - though, honestly, so much of both is coming out that it's really hard to imagine that this matters at all. Meanwhile, it seems that porn spam is increasingly less interesting to spammers as the numbers have been on a noticeable decline for quite some time. No matter what, though, it appears that CAN-SPAM has done absolutely nothing to slow down the amount of spam sent.

From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream

From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream 06/05/2004 07:31 PM
I am now getting 2,000+ spams a day. There are 1,440 minutes in a day The rate of incoming spams is therefore getting close to the interval it takes me to check my email and dispose of a single spam: By the time I'm done checking, more spam has arrived. That is the point at which the spam droplets form a continuous stream. And that is the point at which no interval of my life will ever be spam-free again....

Tomorrow's Menu: Spam, Spam, Spam

Tomorrow's Menu: Spam, Spam, Spam 12/11/2003 06:15 AM
Congress overwhelmingly passes a bill to fight the online scourge, but critics say the unwanted e-mail will increase because the law will actually legitimize spam. By Amit Asaravala.

Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam

Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam 06/22/2004 09:17 AM
The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., EarthLink and America Online Inc., today unveiled the result of more than a year of close collaboration by presenting a host of detailed best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in an effort to fight the scourge of spam.

Review: Advanced Spam Manager Attacks
Viruses, Spam For Exchange, Notes

Review: Advanced Spam Manager Attacks
Viruses, Spam For Exchange, Notes 03/27/2005 12:35 PM
Information Week Mar 27 2005 3:25PM GMT

Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.0
delivers next-generation spam-fighting
power, control to enterprises

Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.0
delivers next-generation spam-fighting
power, control to enterprises 07/01/2004 10:20 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 2 2004 2:42AM GMT

Spam king Secure your home PC or you
could be helping send spam

Spam king Secure your home PC or you
could be helping send spam 08/03/2004 07:21 AM
BBC Aug 3 2004 11:45AM GMT

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof 02/05/2005 09:36 PM
Warnings abound about a change in tactics on the part of zombie PC network operators. As a result, spam levels could rise to nearly 95% of all e-mails sent.

CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam

CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam 01/07/2004 06:36 PM
We all know now that the CAN SPAM law is a disaster and is unlikely to do anything useful in the battle against spam. It's also becoming clear that the entire point of the bill was never to stop spam, but to make a few folks in Congress look good (which seems to be the entire point of most politics these days). First, Business Week spends some time comparing the mostly effective federal "Do Not Call" list with CAN SPAM. The DNC list was planned out carefully by the FTC and the FCC, and, while it upset many telemarketers, it was designed in a way to be effective. There was also enough time, and enough publicity given to the list that people knew about it and had the opportunity to sign up for it - while marketers had the ability to prepare on their end as well. With CAN SPAM, however, it was rushed through Congress with little thought towards whether or not it would actually do anything and without any money to actually deal with any of these cases. Meanwhile, the NY Times reports that the sponsors of the bill asked the FTC to sue a spammer the very first week the bill was in effect in order to make a big "splash" so they could pat themselves on the back - even as the spam levels continued to increase. FTC Chair Timothy Muris (who has spoken out against this spam law) apparently laughed them off and pointed out it was impossible to do such a thing. First of all, in order to violate the law, the spammers have to ignore an opt-out request. Then, the FTC would have to track down who the actual spammer was - with no additional funds, because the law didn't provide for them.

Anti-spam activists targets of
spam-spawning virus

Anti-spam activists targets of
spam-spawning virus 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET

Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam

Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam 05/20/2004 07:05 PM
Ronnie Scelson is one of the shortlist of spammers who just seems to love publicity. While many spammers like to hide away, Scelson's always willing to talk. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee today, claiming that he is now compl ying with CAN-SPAM, but threatened to ignore the law if not enough of his spam messages were getting through filters. He actually has the audacity to complain that now that CAN-SPAM is in effect, ISPs should be required to let his mail through. Maybe the filters are a little to thick around his head and the message isn't getting through to him: the reason his spam is filtered is because people don't want it.

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business 11/03/2003 11:40 PM
I get inundated with more and more spam every day, and it's frustrating as anything. I want it to stop. However, if politicians insist on passing bad legislation in their attempts to stop spam, that's not going to do any good. I've already complained about the new California legislation and it looks like I'm not alone. A guy who runs a consulting firm and writes for Business Week points out why California's anti-spam law won't do a thing about spam, but will make life more difficult for legitimate small businesses. He describes a situation where he did a very targeted mailing for a company. It's probably up to your definition of spam as to whether or not you consider his mailing spam. I tend to draw the line on whether or not the mailing was "bulk" - which it sounds like his was. I believe that if the email is truly targeted and personalized about a potential business relationship, then it's hard to call it spam. The California law disagrees. In fact, the sponsor of the bill claims that any email contact between two companies is not legitimate if it hasn't been initiated under some other form. That's simply ridiculous. As I've said before, plenty of "commercial" websites contact Techdirt every day about the possibility of partnerships or links. Under California's anti-spam law, I could charge them with spam. I recently heard from a major technology magazine, asking if I would add them to my Quicklinks box. Should I sue them for spam? According to the law, I could.

AOL Falls In Love With The Wrong Spam
Stats -- Says Spam Decreased

AOL Falls In Love With The Wrong Spam
Stats -- Says Spam Decreased 12/27/2004 01:32 PM
AOL is claiming that their new spam filter has greatly reduced spam, creating nice looking headlines about less spam. Of course, you could question their findings. The details show that what was reduced was spam complaints. This might be a proxy for the amount of spam that got through to inboxes, or it might just show that AOL subscribers have wised up and realized that reporting spam to AOL doesn't seem to do a bit of good -- and they've just given up on it.

Why that mix CD might be illegal

Why that mix CD might be illegal 01/16/2004 11:03 AM
BBC Jan 15 2004 9:15PM GMT

Illegal or not?

Illegal or not? 07/01/2004 03:32 PM
Churchgoers get direction from Bush Campaign: The instruction sheet circulated by the Bush-Cheney campaign to religious volunteers lists 22 "duties" to be performed by specific dates. By July 31, for example, volunteers are to "send your Church Directory to your State Bush-Cheney '04 Headquarters or give [it] to a BC04 Field Rep" and "Talk to your Pastor about holding a Citizenship Sunday and Voter Registration Drive." Isn't this blatantly illegal?

more illegal art

more illegal art 02/15/2004 09:16 AM
So my story for the past months has been that this "war" on "piracy" will have unintended consequences -- most importantly, consequences for other creative remix forms of art. After a lecture in London, I was told by a leading executive at a major label that I was "completely wrong." That the "only" thing the record companies care about is controlling "piracy, which means copies." Apparently, Jay Z has inspired them to care more. See the latest entry at Illegal-Art.org.

Actif Communications Announces GEF, the
Global eMail Format - Best Practice
eMails that Comply with US Can Spam,
Australian Spam Act and EU Directives

Actif Communications Announces GEF, the
Global eMail Format - Best Practice
eMails that Comply with US Can Spam,
Australian Spam Act and EU Directives 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
The risk in sending commercial emails overseas is not so much from the legislators; it is from the ISP’s who have the power to Black List your company. A new email format has been suggested that not only complies to Best Practices it also meets or exceeds the requirements of Can Spam, The Australian Spam Act and the EU Directives. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters)

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters) 12/27/2004 11:21 AM
Reuters - You've got less spam, according to America Online, the world's largest online service.

Mobile SMS spam surpasses email spam in
Korea

Mobile SMS spam surpasses email spam in
Korea 01/03/2005 10:21 AM

Microsoft calls for outbound spam
filtering against spam

Microsoft calls for outbound spam
filtering against spam 06/04/2004 10:42 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 4 2004 2:14PM GMT

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits 11/14/2003 07:29 PM
I hate spam and would like nothing better than to see an effective anti-spam law put on the books. However, as I've said before, the California anti-spam law is not the right law. Plenty of others seem to agree, and everyone believes that the law won't stand up if tested in court. The problem is what do people do until it's been tested? The other question is who is going to take on this law. Luckily, it won't be the Direct Marketing Association, who I don't trust in the slightest. They say they've burned up all their resources fighting the "Do Not Call" list. At a conference among email marketers, some were suggesting that they should file their own lawsuits under the bill in order to purposely clog the court system with such lawsuits. This seems like typical bad marketing thinking that overburdening a system somehow gets extra attention. The right response is that someone who gets sued for doing something that clearly is not spam is going to have to go to court and get the law overturned. Maybe (and this would be the best) it happens to someone who is not associated with an "email marketing" company, but just someone who sends a perfectly reasonable email and gets hit with a lawsuit.

Anti-Spam Legislation Makes Spam More
Malicious

Anti-Spam Legislation Makes Spam More
Malicious 04/29/2004 01:28 PM
Aren't unintended consequences wonderful? Now that anti-spam legislation is becoming popular, one result is that spammers aren't wasting time with just spamming mortgage offers and ways to buy Viagra. Instead, now that they realize they're definitely on illegal ground, they're moving more towards malicious attack spam, including phishing attacks and trojan horse attacks. In other words, if they're going to break the law with spam, they figure they might as well go all out.

Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police

Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police 06/02/2004 05:09 PM
Source: ClickZ - Want a real solution to spam? The search engines should agree to publish lists of companies they've banned. That would help consumers seeking SEM firms to understand which to avoid. If they do use a banned firm,...

Illegal convergence

Illegal convergence 12/15/2003 10:29 AM
Blah, blah, blah, by now we're totally bored with this whole convergence thing -- we get it, you can stream movies and MP3s from your...

...it was illegal, but it worked well...

...it was illegal, but it worked well... 09/16/2004 08:48 PM
Mr. Sbock's Parallel Universe: "Boobs - the female front. These are the image files of the fake artist Mr. Sbock. His mission: To create strange new pics. To publish great female forms, fascinating breasts and beautiful buttocks. To show on the net what no one has seen before." And quite possibly what no one ever wants to see again. [nsfw - maybe unless you work here]

Everyone Sue Some Spammers

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