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Nu börjar Microsoft äntligen gå ut och stämma spammare. Se denna nyhet som är hämtad från IDG:

Microsoft och den amerikanska delstaten New York stämmer ett antal storspammare. I domstolsunderlaget för åtalet finns ett antal ip-adresser från intet ont anande svenskar.

Läse mer:
http://www.idg.se/ArticlePages/200312/20/2...3321_CS.dbp.asp

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För den som är intresserad av vad motpart har att säga om detta:

STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MICROSOFT
ENGAGING IN SMEAR CAMPAIGNS

AState Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in conjunction with high level executives from Microsoft have
begun in what can only be described as one of the worst orchestrated smear campaigns against
legitimate internet business interests of recent times.@ Without any ability to back up their far fetched
allegations against OptinRealBig.Com, LLC and its President, Scott Richter, Mr. Spitzer and Mr. Smith,
General Counsel for Microsoft, have held news conferences making factually erroneous allegations
that both Optin and Mr. Richter violated various state laws. Even during their own press conference,
when asked about specific factual allegations, neither man was able to articulate one violation by
Optin or Mr. Richter. Notably, Microsoft=s press releases primarily consist of advertising for various
anti-spam products. When Optin specifically asked Microsoft=s counsel for any factual basis for it=s
claims against Optin and Mr. Richter, only silence and a referral back to the Attorney General=s office
was given. When the Attorney General was asked for a specific factual basis, Optin was told the
Attorney General=s office did not have to provide one. Be assured, they will have to provide one in a
court of law which is where Optin intends to not only defend, but defeat this latest intrusion into
private business by government overreaching. Which overreaching is illustrated by Mr. Spritzer=s
public proclamation that he intends to Abankrupt@ Optin and Mr. Richter. A declaration which far
exceeds any legitimate interest Mr. Spitzer has in enforcing his State laws. Mr. Spitzer=s reliance on
Spamhaus will also be revealed as a fatal error because Spamhaus is an offshore, anonymous
organization which has no legitimate connection with internet businesses in the United States.

Optin=s counsel has obtained a copy of the complaint filed by the New York State Attorney General=s
office. There is not one allegation directed to Optin nor is there one attachment which evidences or
attributes any of the claimed wrongdoing to Optin or Mr. Richter. If there were 10,000 false and
fraudulent emails sent by Optin, it would be good legal practice if the Attorney General would see fit to
attach at least one. Even in the body of the complaint, there does not exist one specific factual
allegation against Optin or Mr. Richter. Instead, Mr. Richter and Optin have been lumped with other
email marketers and generalized facts claiming Aspam@. The complaint by Microsoft is even far less
specific as the only allegation contained therein claims that Optin and Mr. Richter Apublished@ email.
An activity which is undertaken by any person around the world which sends any email and is not in
any violation of any state law.
Optin is one of the largest email deployers in the United States. All email lists used by Optin consist of
persons or entities which have agreed to receive such email. On an average Optin receives only one
complaint for every three million emails sent. This is far below any average set by any Internet
Service Provider to constitute Aspam@ email. Furthermore, Optin sends legitimate email using truthful
Afrom@ lines; working “opt-out” links; and appropriate advertising subject lines. Furthermore, Optin
does not “hijack” any computers to send emails. There is absolutely no evidence presented by the
Attorney General or Microsoft to the opposite.

Finally, Optin will not encourage the smear campaign initiated by the New York Attorney General and
Microsoft. Rather, it will vigorously defend itself in a court of law and will prevail as one of the most
legitimate internet marketing institutions in the United States.

Man kanske skulle önska att de först gav sig på de som fyller mejlboxen med mejl som
är i det närmsta omöjliga att både spåra och bli av med. Kan det vara så att det är för
svårt och det skall till något mer än en lag? En summering av lagen finns här:

CAN-SPAM Act Summary

...och lagen i sin helhet finns här:

CAN-SPAM Act of 2003