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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/12/content_5196118.htm
BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A decision made in September by a U.S. District Court judge that was ignored by an anti-spam organization in the United Kingdom may mean a lot more spam will be flooding into Internet users e-mail boxes worldwide. A lot more, like 50 million pieces a day, according to an Internet analyst.
Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of e-mail marketing company e360insight, and ordered Spamhaus, a non-profit anti-spam organization, to pay 11.7 million U.S. dollars in damages.
e360insight had argued that the Spamhaus blacklist -- a database of spammers and suspected spammers that is widely used by spam filtering services and software -- erroneously included its domain. Spamhaus did not contest the case, but has refused to pay the fine, issue an apology, or remove e360insight from the blacklist.
Read the article for more.
BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A decision made in September by a U.S. District Court judge that was ignored by an anti-spam organization in the United Kingdom may mean a lot more spam will be flooding into Internet users e-mail boxes worldwide. A lot more, like 50 million pieces a day, according to an Internet analyst.
Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of e-mail marketing company e360insight, and ordered Spamhaus, a non-profit anti-spam organization, to pay 11.7 million U.S. dollars in damages.
e360insight had argued that the Spamhaus blacklist -- a database of spammers and suspected spammers that is widely used by spam filtering services and software -- erroneously included its domain. Spamhaus did not contest the case, but has refused to pay the fine, issue an apology, or remove e360insight from the blacklist.
Read the article for more.