I'm glad you sent this. I'm discussing this very thing with my attorney right now. He says that if I get a judgement in North Carolina on an out of state spammer I may not get paid but that's ok because I can get it put on the spammers credit report. Anyone with half a brain values their credit report more than a 2500.00 judgement. Enough judgements and we'll put most of the small time spammers out of business.
David Daniels System Administrator Starfish Internet Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kami Razvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Of Interest: SUE A SPAMMER TODAY > Hi; > I receive this newsletter and thought the topic could be of interest to > the folks here in case they don't see this. > > It makes sense! Doesn't it? > > Regards, > Kami > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: BRIAN LIVINGSTON: "Window Manager" from InfoWorld.com, Monday, > April 22, 2002 > > > ======================================================== > BRIAN LIVINGSTON: "Window Manager" InfoWorld.com > ======================================================== > > Monday, April 22, 2002 > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > SUE A SPAMMER TODAY > > Posted April 19, 2002 01:01 PM Pacific Time > > > I WROTE LAST week that Windows users can stop spam. > Like uninvited faxes, unsolicited commercial e-mail > should be against federal law because the recipients > pay for spam through higher monthly fees at ISPs, and > in many other ways. > > Although Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Germany > have legislatively canned spam, Congress hasn't. > That's why I'm so pleased to see that ordinary people > are beating spammers by using a potent tool -- state laws. > > This was brought home recently when I learned that my > research director, Ben Livingston, had collected > substantial fines from spammers and other human crud. > (Despite the same last name, Ben and I are unrelated.) > > Ben has so far received more than $2,500 on behalf of a > small ISP for which he works part time. He sues > spammers, junk faxers, and illegal automated > telemarketers in small claims court, which is easy to > do without a lawyer. His efforts have also reaped > $5,600 still in the collection process. > > One of his latest prizes is a settlement from Richard > Scott of the Cyberdata group. According to Ben, this > group sends out spam saying, "You can have a profit of > over $2 million," hyping a CD that supposedly has 200 > million e-mail addresses. > > Ben has proudly scanned the payment and posted it to > his Web site at > www.smallclaim.info/cyberdata/check.gif. Work your way > back from that address to Ben's home page, where > you'll find several pages of inspiring victories. It > also links to his zine that describes federal and > state laws against intrusive marketing and explains > how you can become "a small claims warrior." > > Although spam isn't yet a federal offense, the laws of California and > Washington state are particularly strong. You can research the laws of > your state at http://www.spamlaws.com/state . As Ben's zine says, "Some > may fear legalese, but not the warrior." > > Washington law allows people to collect $500 to $1,000 > for each received e-mail that uses a false address or > a third party's domain name (such as Hotmail.com) > without authorization, as most spam does. > > Many sites, such as Spamcop.net, help you analyze the > source of spam. But Ben simply sues the person at > whatever address or phone is advertised in the > message. (Or he feigns interest in the product until > he receives an address or phone.) > > Spammers may ignore small claims courts, so Ben hands > his verdicts to collection agencies. They can insert > "defaulted on court judgment" into a spammer's > permanent credit record. This makes loans hard to get, > so many spammers offer a cash settlement even before a > case goes to court. > > I'm not a litigious person. But spam is quadrupling > every year and will drown the Internet. > > So I'm looking for 1,000 Windows users to do what Ben's > doing. That should make spam unpalatable. > > Do yourself and humanity a favor. > > Go get 'em. > > Send tips to [EMAIL PROTECTED] He regrets that > he cannot answer individual questions. > Go to http://www.iwsubscribe.com/newsletters to get his Window Manager > column and E-Business Secrets e-zine free via e-mail. > > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
