turetzsr Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 ...Full story. ...Excerpts: Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and other Internet access providers filed three new lawsuits on Thursday to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail messages touting everything from home refinancing to miracle health cures. At the same time, America Online, a unit of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), filed a lawsuit in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, targeting "spim," or unsolicited messages sent to users of its instant messaging service. Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, and AOL, EarthLink Inc. (Nasdaq:ELNK) and Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) filed the lawsuits "against those who strain our consumers' inboxes with unwanted and deceptive e-mail, many carrying and transmitting malicious code, spyware and links to phishing sites." <snip> Microsoft's lawsuits said Steven Blaier and his business Herbal Technologies, as well as other as yet unidentified spammers illegally sent untraceable e-mails claiming to be from AOL, Yahoo or EarthLink, in violation of the CAN-spam federal law. <snip> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Another link http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041028/clth051_1.html Earthlink's suit pages are found at http://www.earthlink.net/about/press/spamlawsuit.pdf ... 100+ pages Microsoft's press release at http://207.46.156.156/presspass/press/2004...MFollowUpPR.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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