On Monday, Mar 17, 2003, at 13:55 Europe/London, Kee Hinckley wrote:
Spamming is already illegal (at least from the standpoint of the
ISP/Spammer relationship it constitutes trespassing--an illegal use of
property). Unfortunately I suspect it costs more to bring a case to
suit than you get in return. The existing cases I think have been
prosecuted mainly as a deterrent. (I asked Jon Praed what an average
suit cost, but he wouldn't give me a direct answer.)
I asked him if it was profit making, and he said yes (just). But he did
qualify it with that wasn't the point - the point was to stop the
spammer permanently.
Matt.
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