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[FYI] Florida spammers sue anti-spam groups
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30368.html
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Florida spammers sue anti-spam groups
By John Leyden
Posted: 23/04/2003 at 12:25 GMT
A group of Florida-based porn peddlers, penis enlargement and Viagra
spammers has united to file suit against anti-spam organisations.
Under the newly-registered name EmarketersAmerica.org, a front set up
by notorious spammer Eddy Marin's lawyer Mark E. Felstein, the suit
seeks to force prominent anti-spam organisations to stop blocking
their spam.
A long list of individuals and anti-spam organisations preventing
bulk mailers from getting their spam out, including the UK-based
Spamhaus Project and Spews.org, are listed in the suit. The civil
action law-suit, filed on April 14, seeks an injunction against anti-
spam organisation on behalf of the plaintiffs. It also seek damages
of $75 million (plus interest and costs) against the defendants on
five separate counts: blacklisting IP addresses of the plaintiffs,
libel, invasion of privacy, the publication of allegedly false
information and "intentionally interference with a contract".
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