Signing People Up For Spam Is Harassment
from the watch-what-you-do... dept
Bombarding someone you dislike with spam is clearly illegal -- but what if you just sign them up for a bunch of spam lists? Apparently, that's illegal too. In a first of its kind, a judge found a man guilty of harassment for signing his boss up for various spam email newsletters. Perhaps everyone should send this article to folks who put them on their own mailing lists without asking for permission first.
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Mind you, I was doing this because he'd just spammed his services as a "life coach" to a private mailing list, so I didn't feel anything approaching guilt.
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ROFL
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I suck.
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fuck your God
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i deserve it because i'm a fucking asshole. and yes, it may be harassment, but i earned it!
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love it
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