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InternetNews September 24, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Redmond Aims, Fires at Spammers' Accomplices Latest suit in Microsoft's spam fight takes aim at claims of bulletproof hosts for spammers.  |
InternetNews October 29, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
ISPs Band Together Against Spam AOL, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo sue individuals who allegedly violate the Can-Spam law by sending millions of unwanted e-mails and IMs.  |
InternetNews January 3, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
CAN-SPAM in Effect? Not a chance says MX Logic, which reports that most spam is not playing by the CAN-SPAM rules.  |
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Suit Filed Against Spam Ring The Massachusetts' Attorney General files suit against seven alleged spammers with operations around the world.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2004 Roy Mark |
AOL to Reward Spam Victims The ISP is expected to give 'valuable asset' seized from spammer to victim of e-mail scam.  |
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Proposes Adult Spam Labels A subject-line requirement for sexually explicit e-mail is the first of several FTC mandates under new Can Spam Act.  |
InternetNews December 30, 2003 Michael Singer |
AOL Loses Round in Spam Fight A federal judge throws out a case against a group of Florida computer technicians accused of helping spread unsolicited e-mails to AOL subscribers.  |
InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark |
RIAA Files 532 New Lawsuits The music industry files its largest batch of copyright infringement actions to date.  |
InternetNews February 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
Microsoft and Pfizer After Viagra Spammers Redmond and the pharmaceutical giant team up to file lawsuits to fight selling and advertising of knock-off drugs.  |
InternetNews May 27, 2005 Roy Mark |
No Summer Break From The RIAA The music industry targets lawsuits at students using high-speed, second-generation university networks to swap music files.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft: CSI for the FTC Redmond crime-stoppers do forensics work to help the FTC charge X-rated spammers.  |
InternetNews August 30, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
Court Slaps Wireless Spammer An injunction is issued against a spammer for allegedly sending millions of unsolicited text messages to Verizon Wireless customers.  |
InternetNews February 18, 2004 Ron Miller |
AOL, EarthLink File Lawsuits Against Spammers With the federal Can Spam Act so far proving ineffective, ISPs are pursuing aggressive civil actions.  |
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Microsoft's New Suit The tech behemoth targets more spammers for lawsuits.  |
InternetNews February 17, 2004 Roy Mark |
RIAA Unleashes Another Round of Lawsuits For the second time this year, music industry targets more than 500 Jane and John Doe swappers for copyright infringement actions.  |
InternetNews December 20, 2004 Tim Gray |
Spammers Slammed With $1 Billion in Fines A federal judge has awarded a small Midwestern Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what may amount to be the largest single decision ever handed down against spammers.  |
InternetNews March 10, 2004 Roy Mark |
Major E-Mail Providers Bare Can Spam Teeth AOL, EarthLink, Yahoo! and Microsoft use new federal law to go after kingpin spammers.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
The Anti-Spam Squad It seems politics and spam make strange bedfellows. Some of the Internet's heavy hitters filed a collective lawsuit today against spammers.  |
InternetNews April 8, 2005 Tim Gray |
Gates Wants to Can Spam -- Fast Microsoft founder and chief software architect continues to push for eradication of spam.  |
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Roy Mark |
Merry Christmas From The RIAA The music industry dropped 751 copyright-infringement lawsuits in the mail today, bringing the total number of legal actions this year against alleged peer-to-peer infringers to more than 7,000.  |
InternetNews April 1, 2011 |
Microsoft Files Complaint Against Google in EU Microsoft has filed a complaint against Google in the European Union over alleged anti-competitive actions taken by Google's search engine.  |
InternetNews April 1, 2005 Roy Mark |
Diet Patch Spammers Settle With FTC Court rejects their claim that only affiliate marketers should be held responsible.  |
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
The Red, White and Blue of Spam Nothing has changed since the Federal Can-Spam Act became law except that more of it seems to becoming from the U.S., according to one industry player's report.  |
PC World April 2004 Tom Spring |
Spam Wars Rage The new federal antispam law doesn't seem to be working. Will anything stop the e-mail onslaught?  |
InternetNews January 12, 2005 Roy Mark |
Feds Hit Porn E-Mail Ring With Can Spam Law Armed with new rules to supplement the Can Spam Act, the Federal Trade Commission has won a court order to temporarily halt a pornography-related spam ring that stretches from Las Vegas to Latvia.  |
InternetNews October 17, 2005 Roy Mark |
FBI Raid Closes Spam Operation Federal agents shut down spammer Alan Ralsky with some help from the CAN-SPAM Act.  |
InternetNews May 20, 2004 Janis Mara |
CAN-SPAM Gets Mixed Reviews in Senate Testimony Five months on, the anti-spam measure is far from an unqualified success.  |
InternetNews March 23, 2004 Roy Mark |
RIAA Keeps Pressure on P2P Users Record companies file another 500 lawsuits against music file sharers, including those using college servers.  |
PC Magazine June 2, 2004 John R. Quain |
Putting Spammers in the Pokey The U.S. government wants you to know that violating its CAN-SPAM law can send you up the river.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2010 |
Microsoft Suing Hotmail Spammers Software giant goes to court to take down the orchestrators of what it describes as the "largest ever" spam attacks on its Windows Live Hotmail service.  |
InternetNews January 14, 2005 Roy Mark |
Big Spam Bust, Texas Style State files multi-million dollar lawsuit against two of the nation's largest e-mail operators.  |
Salon.com April 19, 2000 Damien Cave |
Can spam be canned? ISPs spend millions annually fighting spam; a federal law headed for the House promises scant relief.  |
InternetNews March 5, 2004 Ron Miller |
First Can Spam Suit Filed BobVila.com comes under fire in the first lawsuit filed under the federal anti-spam law.  |
PC World August 2002 Daniel Tynan |
Spam Inc. In 2002, spam is not just a scourge, it's big business. Our investigator reveals who's behind the assault on your in-box and why stemming the tide won't be easy.  |
Information Today May 2004 Dick Kaser |
Green Eggs and Spam A commentary on the new Can Spam Act, and the need to effectually enforce it.  |
InternetNews November 23, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
VZ Wireless Sues Alleged Spammer The carrier says Passport Holidays sent nearly 100,000 unsolicited text messages to Verizon customers.  |
InternetNews December 20, 2005 Roy Mark |
FTC: CAN-SPAM Is Working With a big helping hand from technology, the Federal Trade Commission say spam volume is declining. But are spammers staying away?  |
InternetNews April 27, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Spammers Are Due For A Surprise Unspam knows where you are. Here comes the lawsuit.  |
PC World April 2006 Tom Spring |
Spam Mutates Junk ads are migrating to blogs, instant messages, and cell phones... Interview with a man who makes a living from sending spam mail.  |
InternetNews April 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
Feds Can Spammers Under New Act Federal authorities use Can Spam to raid prolific Michigan spam operation, which specialized in spoofing to hawk bogus diet patches.  |
InternetNews March 18, 2004 Robyn Greenspan |
More Unwanted Messages Since CAN-SPAM While Pew Internet & American Life Project found that e-mail users have seen an increase in spam, the survey reports a decrease in pornographic messages.  |
InternetNews April 11, 2005 Tim Gray |
Americans Learning to Live With Spam Agita E-mail users say they are more accepting of spam. Doesn't make it less painful though.  |
InternetNews May 21, 2010 |
Microsoft Files Suit Against Click Fraudsters Claiming that it has detected a novel form of click fraud that was gouging advertisers, Microsoft's legal team has sprung into action with a pair of lawsuits this week.  |
InternetNews May 8, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Sun Faces Suit Over Oracle Deal, Bribery Probe Three suits are filed to stop the Oracle takeover, while the company looks into possible overseas bribery incidents.  |
PC World August 2003 Daniel Tynan |
Uncle Sam vs. Spam A slew of proposed federal and state bills promise to protect your in-box. But can any law stem the tide of spam?  |
InternetNews May 14, 2004 Robyn Greenspan |
The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, April 2004 The spam volume is rising, e-mail trust is eroding, and viruses are rampant, but Internet users are sending more legitimate messages and CAN-SPAM is making a positive impact.  |
InternetNews August 25, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Feds Hit Alleged Spammers in Sting The U.S. Department of Justice is set to announce several arrests and indictments against alleged spammers.  |
Fast Company January 2003 Alison Overholt |
If You Have Received This by Mistake... Email was supposed to make your life easier, faster, and cheaper -- not messier, uglier, and cheesier. Here's how to keep the spam off your plate.  |
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Microsoft Taking 10 More to Task Microsoft continued its litigious streak against alleged software pirates, this time targeting individuals participating in the company's discount software program.  |
New Architect December 2002 Lincoln D. Stein |
Spammed I Am Why laws meant to fight spam aren't making a dent  |