5 posts and columns on CAN-SPAM Act

Next Blockbuster Initiative: Renting Copies of Netflix Business Plan

in News on August 9, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Court Finds Professional Spam Litigator Guilty of Misdemeanor Idiocy

in News on August 9, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Spam litigation is not the stuff of which cottage industries are made. Just ask James Gordon, who’s been ordered to pay attorneys fees and costs in the amount of $111,440 to Virtumundo, the email marketer he sued under the CAN-SPAM Act.

Safari for Windows: Like a Glass of Ice Water in Hell

in News on June 12, 2007 at 12:09 pm PT

CAN-SPAM Act: 1; Spammers: 90 Billion

in News on June 12, 2007 at 5:35 am PT

For those of us who have become resentful noncombatants in the war on spam, grimly deleting the “make-p3nis-fast” missives that inundate us in muttering outrage, news that prosecutors are finally going to bring down some righteous retribution of spammer Adam Vitale brings a welcome smile to the face. Vitale pleaded guilty yesterday to broadcasting 1.2 [...]

Nobody Expects the SPAMish Inquisition! Our Chief Weapon Is Surprise … and Fake Email Addresses

in News on April 27, 2007 at 10:24 am PT

There are some jittery email harvesters out there today, and it’s not because they’ve been popping herbal stimulants. Anti-spam outfit Unspam Technologies filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the cretins who collect email addresses on the Web and pass them on to spammers.