Judge rules in favor of "Spamhaus Project" spam-tracking website

[Human Torch]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Judge_rules_in_favor_of_spamtracking_1021.html

RAW STORY
Published: Saturday October 21, 2006

A judge has ruled in favor of The Spamhaus Project, a spam-tracking website that an e-mail marketing company was trying to take offline, National Journal's 'Technology Daily' reports.

"According to U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras, e360 Insight was too broad in its request to suspend Spamhaus' domain," writes David Hatch. "Neither the domain overseer, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Tucows, the domain registry that Spamhaus used to obtain its address, should be involved in the case, the judge ruled."

The marketing company whose request was denied described the ruling as "a devastating loss of personal freedom for all U.S. citizens" on its own site. "If the court cannot prevent Spamhaus from violating its order, then Spamhaus will continue to censor and control what e-mail messages Americans can receive."

[ThomCat]

1. Good News!

Spammers should not be able to coerce anti-spam sites into lying and saying that a spammer is not a spammer.

[Human Torch]

2. Spamhaus is absolutely the real deal...

...and I've been following their progress for years.

I had to shut down my DSL account a few years ago (because the ISP doesn't allow you to change your "primary" ID, and the associated email address was getting bombarded with the most vile SPAM imaginable). My sympathy for the "rights" of spammers is very, very limited. Spamhaus isn't attempting to step on free speech. They are fighting for the privacy rights of people who don't want SPAM.

:patriot: