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| J-Dawg 2003-09-13, 12:34 pm |
| REDMOND, Wash, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Redmond, Wash., man has won a record
$250,000 judgment against two Ohioans who flooded his e-mail box with 58,000
pieces of spam.
The Seattle-Post Intelligencer said Nigel Featherston spent $10,000 to hire
an attorney and a private investigator in his quest against Dayton, Ohio,
residents Linda Lightfoot and Charles Childs and their varied corporate
personas: Universal Direct, Mega Direct, Mega Success and Ultra Trim 2002.
The Washington state law, which was passed in 1998, fines spammers $500 for
each unsolicited e-mail they send. That means the Ohio couple could have
been held liable for $29 million.
But Featherston, a former Microsoft programmer, told the Post-Intelligencer
he knew collecting that amount would be too difficult.
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| J. A. Mc. 2003-09-13, 1:29 pm |
| On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:37:18 GMT, "J-Dawg" <jjith@cox.net> found these
unused words floating about :
>REDMOND, Wash, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Redmond, Wash., man has won a record
>$250,000 judgment against two Ohioans who flooded his e-mail box with 58,000
>pieces of spam.
>
>The Seattle-Post Intelligencer said Nigel Featherston spent $10,000 to hire
>an attorney and a private investigator in his quest against Dayton, Ohio,
>residents Linda Lightfoot and Charles Childs and their varied corporate
>personas: Universal Direct, Mega Direct, Mega Success and Ultra Trim 2002.
>
>The Washington state law, which was passed in 1998, fines spammers $500 for
>each unsolicited e-mail they send. That means the Ohio couple could have
>been held liable for $29 million.
>
>But Featherston, a former Microsoft programmer, told the Post-Intelligencer
>he knew collecting that amount would be too difficult.
Hint ... this is OT and SPAM, itself!
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| Jim Thompson 2003-09-13, 3:29 pm |
| On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:57:34 -0700, J. A. Mc. <jaSPAMc@gbr.online.com>
wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:37:18 GMT, "J-Dawg" <jjith@cox.net> found these
>unused words floating about :
>
>>REDMOND, Wash, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Redmond, Wash., man has won a record
>>$250,000 judgment against two Ohioans who flooded his e-mail box with 58,000
>>pieces of spam.
>>
>>The Seattle-Post Intelligencer said Nigel Featherston spent $10,000 to hire
>>an attorney and a private investigator in his quest against Dayton, Ohio,
>>residents Linda Lightfoot and Charles Childs and their varied corporate
>>personas: Universal Direct, Mega Direct, Mega Success and Ultra Trim 2002.
>>
>>The Washington state law, which was passed in 1998, fines spammers $500 for
>>each unsolicited e-mail they send. That means the Ohio couple could have
>>been held liable for $29 million.
>>
>>But Featherston, a former Microsoft programmer, told the Post-Intelligencer
>>he knew collecting that amount would be too difficult.
>
>Hint ... this is OT and SPAM, itself!
And what has "J. A. Mc." contributed to this group? Nothing but
bitching about his definition of "OT and SPAM". Go away!
...Jim Thompson
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| Watson A.Name - Watt Sun 2003-09-14, 4:28 pm |
| In article <OQG8b.4064$3Y2.226@news2.central.cox.net>, jjith@cox.net
mentioned...
> REDMOND, Wash, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Redmond, Wash., man has won a record
> $250,000 judgment against two Ohioans who flooded his e-mail box with 58,000
> pieces of spam.
>
> The Seattle-Post Intelligencer said Nigel Featherston spent $10,000 to hire
> an attorney and a private investigator in his quest against Dayton, Ohio,
> residents Linda Lightfoot and Charles Childs and their varied corporate
> personas: Universal Direct, Mega Direct, Mega Success and Ultra Trim 2002.
>
> The Washington state law, which was passed in 1998, fines spammers $500 for
> each unsolicited e-mail they send. That means the Ohio couple could have
> been held liable for $29 million.
>
> But Featherston, a former Microsoft programmer, told the Post-Intelligencer
> he knew collecting that amount would be too difficult.
I believe Featherston has done what should be done, i.e. make life
miserable for the SOB who Joe Jobbed him. But the guy I worked for
told me that this kind of thing was "throwing good money after bad".
Featherston will probably never see _any_ of the money owed him, and
he's out ten grand out of his own pocket. So that doesn't make
economic sense to a business. There's no ROI. In other words, it's a
lose-lose situation - Defendent loses and so does the Plaintiff.
People have talked about taking away the monetary incentive to
spamming by charging a penny an email. Well, suing spammers is taking
away their monetary incentive, but it just isn't effective enough.
What we need are some volunteer lawyers who would take these kinds of
cases pro bono, so that the plaintiffs would not have to front so much
money. Fat chance that'll happen. :-/
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| On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:57:34 -0700 J. A. Mc. <jaSPAMc@gbr.online.com>
wrote in Message id: < t2j6mvcgmha4ead2uamig40lptn286
t6kh@4ax.com>:
>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:37:18 GMT, "J-Dawg" <jjith@cox.net> found these
>unused words floating about :
>
>>REDMOND, Wash, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Redmond, Wash., man has won a record
>>$250,000 judgment against two Ohioans who flooded his e-mail box with 58,000
>>pieces of spam.
>>
>>The Seattle-Post Intelligencer said Nigel Featherston spent $10,000 to hire
>>an attorney and a private investigator in his quest against Dayton, Ohio,
>>residents Linda Lightfoot and Charles Childs and their varied corporate
>>personas: Universal Direct, Mega Direct, Mega Success and Ultra Trim 2002.
>>
>>The Washington state law, which was passed in 1998, fines spammers $500 for
>>each unsolicited e-mail they send. That means the Ohio couple could have
>>been held liable for $29 million.
>>
>>But Featherston, a former Microsoft programmer, told the Post-Intelligencer
>>he knew collecting that amount would be too difficult.
>
>Hint ... this is OT and SPAM, itself!
^^^^
Err... no, it's not. BI<20.
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