EarthLink eats spammers for lunch

Wed May 7 14:07:46 UTC 1997

Another victory yesterday in the war against spam.

Randy

>    Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Diane Wayne found that Cyber
> Promotions' actions constituted a trespass upon EarthLink's computer
> resources and granted, in full, EarthLink's requested preliminary
> injunctive relief.
> 
>    The court prohibited Cyber Promotions from:
> 
>    -- sending unsolicited e-mail advertisements to EarthLink members;
> 
>    -- using EarthLink's computer network, systems, equipment, e-mail
>        system and servers without prior authorization;
> 
>    -- preventing or denying EarthLink's right or ability to block the
>        offending e-mails; and
> 
>    -- inserting false references to EarthLink or its systems,
> 
>       equipment or domain addresses in any e-mail advertisement,
> 
>       including falsely identifying EarthLink or its users
> 
>       as the source of the e-mail.
> 
>    Judge Wayne found that Cyber Promotions had and was engaged in the
> "past and current transmission of unsolicited e-mail advertisements
> without (EarthLink's) consent" resulting in a "deleterious effect"
> on EarthLink's systems and operations.
> 
>    She also cited Cyber Promotions' practice of disguising the true
> source of e-mail's originating from its system, as well as its
> advertisement of this capability to its co-spammers.

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Randall S. Benn                                         rbenn at clark.net
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