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Unbelievable
 How
about this for an interesting little court case.
Now it just so happens that a Perth chap got so pissed off
with the massive amount of spam he was copping from some inconsiderate
swine that he decided to do something about it.
He tracked down and published the offending company's name
on the Net in a bid to end the electronic assault he faced
everytime he looked at his email.
This up-yours move is an excellent way to begin to pay those
spamming bastards back for the appalling and ever-growing
lists of crap that hits Internet users.
For example how about these just from the past few days.
- Never pay for movies again! Burn your favorite movies
on CD!
- Clearance Prices From Bluecom Danmark A/S
- YOU'RE BEING WATCHED!!!
- Searching for used formwork
- Free Internet Ready Phones
- Get Good Price on Moulds
- Don't miss out on the .US domain rush
- Credit Unions host DNA LifePrint endorsed by
- One BUCK for One month Porn forever (ooops, how did that
get there?)
Now while I applaud and defend the guy's fight against spammers
he has found himself in hot water.
It seems an anti-spamming mob used SPEWS (Spam Prevention
Early Warning System) to pick up on the email company's IP
address and blocked it from being able to send its garbage
over the Net.
Now the bitter-and-twisted company is suing the spam victim
(yes, once again the law is an ass) for loss of earnings of
$1000 a day. The poor dears!
Now, without pre-judging this whole matter, it would seem
to me to be pretty ridiculous if a person cannot defend themselves
against a company cheerfully invading the privacy of his house
or computer.
I mean if a burglar attempts to break in and steal from
us are we not able to defend ourselves? And when you think
about it, this spamming company doesn't give a rat's arse
about stealing time from this bloke by forcing him to wade
through their electronic vomit of email.
It is about time that we Internet users begin to flex our
collective muscles and fight back against the tsunami of spam.
If you are sick to death of electronic junk mail - then get
stuck into anyone who perpetrates this extreme and costly
annoyance.
And if I were this spam victim I'd be dropping a return lawsuit
upon the plaintiffs claiming mental abuse, invasion of privacy
and any other damn thing I could think of.
Now the Government is looking at the issue of spamming and
doesn't paint it with a nice rosy glow.
It says: "The Government acknowledges that spam is an
increasing problem among internet, now accounting for approximately
20% of all emails received. These unsolicited messages have
many economic costs for users and result in increased download
times and internet access costs."
The sooner spamming is made illegal the better.
Spam
Info
Coalition
Against Unsolicited Bulk Email, Australia
If there is something that has really got up your nose,
let Grumpy Old Coot know at grumpy@webwombat.com
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