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Spammer convicted, sentenced to 9 years!

Chip NoVaMac said:
It has been a while since i have had to think of the laws on this. But there is a I believe the SPAMCAN Act that requires the option to either opt-in or opt-out of receiving "unsolicited" emails.
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Unfortunately, it went got "opt-out", which is the exact OPPOSITE of what it should be! Idiots! So now you will still get UBE, but you can click a link to 'opt-out' (yeah, riiiiight). Complete idiots.
 
Doctor Q said:
This guy is not in jail - he's walking around until his appeal. I hope they are keeping an eye on him so he doesn't keep spamming while his case goes through the legal system.

I think he should be sentenced to 1,550,689,285 years in prison, one for each spam he sent.
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I would hope that the government has taken his computers into custody along with his internet access. In his case, if I were the judge as part of his parole he would be precluded from any of of computers or internet access. It works for other criminals why no him, not contact with the very thing that you were convicted.
 
Total lack of perspective shown by that sentence. Nine years is an outrageously long sentence for sending unsolicited e-mail. Assuming he paid for his Net access (and therefore his traffic).....this sentence for his non-violent crime resulting in no direct financial loss to the intended recipient is extreme. I hate spam, too.....but I like justice, too...and this wasn't justice as I understand it.

OTOH

Consider the fact that here in New Jersey, a Rapist gets out in 3 years with good behavior. (They don't even call it rape here, it's 'sexual assault')

His crime was not a violent one, he shouldn't go to jail for 9 years. He should have to pay an insane fine, and be barred from going online for 10-20 years and give him 10 years probation. If he violates any of this, throw him in jail.

It's silly to throw someone in jail in a country where we already have an overcrowded jail system.

This man was simply a victim of being made an example of. There is no doubt that he should be punished, but 9 years in jail for a crime that just annoyed victims is a bit much. I'd much rather see rapists and murders get 20-40 years and let people like this get probation and fines. It's a waste of resources to lock someone like this up.
 
I think the biggest cause of spam are all of the morons who actually respond to them and buy from the companies. Laws and enforcement will help reduce spam, but they can't touch offshore spammers. The only way to get them to stop is to stop buying their products and/or boycott them. No business = no spamming
 
Doctor Q said:
This guy is not in jail - he's walking around until his appeal. I hope they are keeping an eye on him so he doesn't keep spamming while his case goes through the legal system.

I think he should be sentenced to 1,550,689,285 years in prison, one for each spam he sent.
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That's heavy handed, how about 1 second for each e-mail? That would put him away for 18000 years.
 
justice...agreed.

I completely agree with this post and also question the law. again, snailmail solicitations are uneffected by this, i can't remember the last time I asked to be sent info about getting my carpet cleaned or for that matter advertising in general, men can't even take a pee at a restaurant without being shown an advert.

i think companies who have lost considerable $$ due to spam should be allowed to sue the spammers for damages. their damamges can be measured, regular users are simply annoyed. and for those who say "Oooo you might be next" read up on McCarthy and the Moral Majority. you sound like a zealous angry mob.


Lacero said:
Total lack of perspective shown by that sentence. Nine years is an outrageously long sentence for sending unsolicited e-mail. Assuming he paid for his Net access (and therefore his traffic).....this sentence for his non-violent crime resulting in no direct financial loss to the intended recipient is extreme. I hate spam, too.....but I like justice, too...and this wasn't justice as I understand it.

OTOH

Consider the fact that here in New Jersey, a Rapist gets out in 3 years with good behavior. (They don't even call it rape here, it's 'sexual assault')

His crime was not a violent one, he shouldn't go to jail for 9 years. He should have to pay an insane fine, and be barred from going online for 10-20 years and give him 10 years probation. If he violates any of this, throw him in jail.

It's silly to throw someone in jail in a country where we already have an overcrowded jail system.

This man was simply a victim of being made an example of. There is no doubt that he should be punished, but 9 years in jail for a crime that just annoyed victims is a bit much. I'd much rather see rapists and murders get 20-40 years and let people like this get probation and fines. It's a waste of resources to lock someone like this up.
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scu said:
"Unsolicited" may not be enough.

Here is another example. A bunch of High School Seniors in one State give their email address when applying to take their SAT. As a result they get an email from a Company advertising Senior Rings or Senior pictures.

There is a fine line, and I just can not see it. Perhaps hiding the source of the email from which it came is one way to show that it is spam. Or getting the same email 30 times in one month could be another.
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Agreed. How is this any different from sending someone junk mail. Or mail from credit card companies.
 
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