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Story: Court victory in the fight against spam

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The courts were 100% wrong here because what this man got was not SPAM, it was advertising. If sending a legitimate advertisement to someone is a crime, then what about all the ads we get in snail mail? What about all the ads I see on the streets, are they all illegal too? Legitamate email should not be considered SPAM and I wish this blurring of the word would stop. SPAM is email designed to cheat individuals out of their money, or to steal individuals identiies for monetary gain. There are already laws on the books for these types of crimes most often termed as fraud , and the courts don't need any additional laws to enforce them. This blurring of SPAM to include all email advertising is wrong, and I wish authors like Colin Barker would do there homework and acknowledge the difference.

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