Spammers Sue Anti-Spammers
from the hopefully,-this-will-backfire dept
The spammers are getting cocky. A group of Florida-based spammers have banded together to sue anti-spam organizations for blocking their spam. They're seeking an injunction and $75 million in "damages" from all that business they lost from people who didn't get their spam. The anti-spammers named say this is just a plan to make them waste their time and money, since there's almost no way the spammers can win. Of course, I'm wondering if this lawsuit can be turned around. Clearly, in building blocklists, the anti-spam organizations have done nothing illegal. But, by starting a lawsuit, the anti-spammers can counter-sue, and put the spammers on trial, while getting all sorts of additional information about their practices during the discovery phase.
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