Isn't that what class action lawsuits are for, i.e., combining a class
of claimants into one law suit? Given, for example, the small-fry
amounts in recent telecom leasing suits, one would think this would be
fertile ground for lawyers.
Claus Färber wrote:
Jan Meijer <Jan(_dot_)Meijer(_at_)surfnet(_dot_)nl> schrieb/wrote:
This is another problem with antispam legislation: It does not pay to
sue spammers. You can only sue them individually and the damages you can
get are very low (less than a cent per message).
In Germany, you would have to pay several hundred EUR to bring forward
an action against a spammer (which you will get back if the spammer
loses the lawsuit and is not already bankrupt), which can only yield a
few cents damages and an injunction that this single spammer must not
send you any more spam (So you get one or two less pieces of spam per
year...)
Claus