Most people just grumble and hit delete, but when Gordon Dick received a spam message advertising Internet services, he fought back. The Web marketing specialist from Edinburgh, Scotland, sued the sender, Transcom Internet Services Ltd. The court ordered the company to pay $1,445 in damages and $1,190 in court costs. The ruling could prompt other cases in which spam recipients seek damages to cover the costs of e-mail filtering software and server space.
March 08, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Most people just grumble and hit delete, but when Gordon Dick received a spam message advertising Internet services, he fought back.
The 30-year-old Web marketing specialist from Edinburgh, Scotland, sued the sender, Transcom Internet Services Ltd., in small-claims court. The court ordered the company to pay $1,445 in damages and $1,190 in court costs.
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