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September 10, 2003

Death to Spammie

I generally dislike the blacklist sites like SPEWS, but I love this. It's great to see someone fighting the spammers -- and winning -- as well as not letting people who file stupid alwsuits get away with it. The article is definately worth a read.

Wired News: No Truce in the Spam Wars


Just months after launching a sweeping lawsuit against a group of spam opponents, the lawyer representing EmarketersAmerica.org has suddenly waved a legal white flag.

Attorney Mark Felstein last week filed a "notice of voluntary dismissal" in Florida federal court. The effort appears aimed at withdrawing the e-mail marketer group's recent lawsuit against a handful of spam blacklist operators, including London-based Spamhaus. The April 14 suit accused the antispammers of libel, invasion of privacy, business interference and other charges, and requested a jury trial.

But rather than welcoming the seeming surrender by EMarketersAmerica.org (EMA), the defendants' attorney Pete Wellborn said the case should go on. According to Wellborn, he wants to send a message to junk e-mailers who launch legal attacks: Don't start what you can't finish.


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