NYT: Frying spammers: Does it help?
A New York Times article by Tom Zeller Jr, via The International Herald Tribune, reports that:
It seemed a banner week for the anti-spam crusade.
Last Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Scott Richter, whose company in Colorado, OptInRealBig.com, was considered by anti-spam activists to be one of the world's most prolific junk e-mail operations, had agreed to settle a lawsuit with the company for $7 million, though he did not admit to any wrongdoing.
After recouping the company's legal costs, Microsoft executives said, they planned to reinvest $5 million of the settlement to fight spam. Another $1 million will go to New York State, which assisted in the lawsuit, to increase computer access for low-income families.
Then on Wednesday, America Online introduced its second annual "Spammer's Gold Sweepstakes," in which spoils seized in legal settlements with spammers are given away in drawings.
posted by Fergie @ 8/16/2005 04:53:00 PM
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