Fw: [SpamCop-List] Re: Ich Bin Eine smacked spammer :-)

[J G]

On 6/24/2005 10:25 PM Sean Sowell scribbled:

>>And how do those of us blessed to be here avail ourselves of this
goldrush?
>>I'm looking at $50M per day.
>>Ah, California, so many lawyers, so little time...
>
>
> You sound like a system admin ... 50,000 spams per day @ $1k each ...
hmm.  Do
> you smell class action?

No, not quite - your math is a little off. 50 per day -->$50,000 @
$1,000 per...


>
> I'm just small potatoes by comparison, but it wouldn't surprise me if an
> enterprising young attorney wanted to make a name for her/himself by
> cherry-picking some schmuck on
http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/index.lasso as a
> target, and then collecting indications of interest from netizens here
in the
> Golden State to prepare for such a large, groundbreaking case.  Do you
know
> anyone who might fit the bill?
>
> Check out http://www.spamlaws.com/state/ca.shtml, especially section
17529.5
> concerning the rights granted to "recipient[s] of an unsolicited
commercial
> e-mail advertisement".  Then turn to http://www.timothywalton.com/ and
bone up
> on Ferguson v. Friendfinder, Inc.  An interesting read.

I'll take a look, thanks...