Well, it appears that round one of People of Virginia versus Jeremy Jaynes(aka Gaven Stubberfield) goes to the people. A jury has ruled that Janyes should spend 9 years behind bars for sending over 10 million e-mails a day. While the ruling is appealed, Jaynes will remain free on bond.
Even if the length of time is reduced, I think this is a significant precedent. It allows people to "go after" the companies and individuals that clog e-mail accounts with hundreds of junk messages a week. The cost associated with stopping, eliminating and removing spam from mailboxes has grown quite large and someone needs to start paying for it. I'd love to see some of these crappy companies come under fire for using such "marketing" techniques and be forced to pay huge sums.
Until that time, I am thrilled that there is one less spammer shooting me crap every day...
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