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2010-12-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Man quits job, makes living suing e-mail spammers

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Posted by gorb 2010-12-27 15:31|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I really hate serial litigators, but I hate spammers more. Not quite "Daemon" (Daniel Suarez), but still fun to see spammers getting their due.

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2010-12-27 16:52|| 2010-12-27 16:52|| Front Page Top

#2 This is a lesser of two evils situation. On one hand, the spammers have few consequences of their actions. On the other hand, he is doing a service, in a perverted way, of attacking the spammers.

The main thing that bothers me is this is the same MO as R****haven, which is serious bottom feeding.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-12-27 16:59|| 2010-12-27 16:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I can talk from experience about this guy. He's definitely a bottom feeder. I was a systems administrator for an e-commerce company in L.A. and received a law suit from him. We ran an opt-in email program were people could sign up for our weekly email about new products and specials. The system was double opt-in, were you received a confirmation email that you had to respond to in order to be on our mailing list. After explaining to the judge how our system worked his case was thrown out. Email systems are used extensively by companies today and can be a legitimate way to reach a customer. Everybody hates the amount of spam thats out there and I can understand peoples frustration, but this guy is no robin hood. Just another piece of scum trying to make a buck off other peoples hard work.

Posted by November Emergency. All hands stand fast. 2010-12-27 18:21|| 2010-12-27 18:21|| Front Page Top

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