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In close First Amendment case, Virginia court upholds spammer conviction

In close First Amendment case, Virginia court upholds spammer convictionI'd say hate is a rather strong word.We don't hate spammers. We despise them.As for the constitutionality of anti-spam laws, we'll discuss that *after* the spammer has been executed. I'd suggest slow immersion into boiling oil while dangling suspended from his...

Tags: First Amendment, Jaynes, party invitation, spam

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

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In close First Amendment case, Virginia court upholds spammer conviction

What do geeks hate more than free speech restrictions? Spammers! Thus, anti-spam laws are an interesting collision. Spamming is clearly speech -- albeit commercial speech. So are antispam laws constitutional? The Virginia Supreme Court took that matter up in the case of Jeremy Jaynes, a particularly obnoxious...

Tags: Speech, Anti-spam, First Amendment, Spamming, Statute, Virginia, Jeremy Jaynes, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Spammer says state law is unconstitutional

Is an anti-spam law unconstitutionally infringe on free speech? That's what a former spammer is arguing to the Virginia Supreme Court, The Washington Post reports. Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., was convicted in 2003 in the nation's first felony anti-spamming case sentenced to nine years in prison. Prosecutors said...

Tags: Computer Network, Speech, Anti-spam, Spammer, U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-12

60 million pixels for $100K

This is the cost of "The World's Highest Resolution Seamless Display" which was built for the IdeaFestival held recently in Louisville, Kentucky. For this price, you get 20 networked PCs, each equipped with two graphic cards, and controlling 80 projectors. You also get a screen of 27 feet across by...

Tags: Mersive Technologies Inc., display, Sol, projector, video

Blog posts 2006-10-30

Fix SMTP and leave port 25 alone for the sake of spam

Fix SMTP and leave port 25 alone for the sake of spamSome points to clarify about Larry's articleHiI manage the antispam operations at Outblaze (we run mail for lycos, mail.com and a bunch of other sites - ~ 40 million users)Here are a few counterpoints to what you wrote ->...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Network technology, spam, Internet Service Provider, mailserver, SMTP, e-mail, server, SPF, IP

Discussion threads 2005-04-17

Man gets nine years for spamming

Man gets nine years for spammingWhat REALLY hurts"Prosecutors claim Jaynes raked in up to $24 million in sales"That's a LOT of stupid computer users out there CREATING the spam problem.----------------------Know what would help EVERYONE out? Spammers and users alike? This is the best idea ever!When someone first gets online, they...

Tags: Spam, spammer, spamming

Discussion threads 2005-04-12

Microsoft, New York launch spam lawsuits

Microsoft, New York launch spam lawsuitsSpam Question for MSI think it's kind of funny and ironic that Microsoft suffers from so much spam, when some of the blame can probably be traced to how easy they've made it to create these mass mailings - But my question is this: ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., spammer, spam, e-mail

Discussion threads 2003-12-18

Virginia files felony spam charges

Virginia files felony spam chargesGet a rope! NT.Wooooooohoooooo!!!!!Put Jaynes in the same cell with Big Bubba! He's lonely!SPAMGood, may this be the beginning of the end for this scumwad. Here's a fun fact. I started to use this product called CloudMark SpamNet to help filter spam once I started...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Corp., spam, e-mail, SPAM Magnet, spammer, Norton Co., Stopping Spam

Discussion threads 2003-12-11