Pfizer and Microsoft go after Viagra Spammers 205
Weird_Hock writes "This story from Reuters
tells about the joint effort from Pfizer and Microsoft to go after illegal sellers of Viagra. Pfizer is going after the sellers and Microsoft after the spammers. Looks like they're targeting both sides of the money chain."
Re:Oh no! (Score:1, Informative)
Past performance does not guarantee future results. (applies to the stocks and viagra)
Re:Stop taking the fun out of life! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:No Case (Score:1, Informative)
No, them I'm pretty sure you took the post the wrong way... NOBODY has a pen1s since they don't exist. You can argue it's an obvious mispelling of the phrase "pen once" but I'll never agree with you that it's offensive in any way, shape, or form.
Everyone else against spam too: Earthlink & th (Score:3, Informative)
Winning these cases (and most importantly, many more) against the spammers would be much easier, of course, if the U.S. finally adopted an opt-in requirement as well [slashdot.org], stating that there is no way you CAN SPAM [slashdot.org], like in the EU where under a new agreement on anti-spam enforcement [eu.int], one single complaint will now even suffice to send the authorities round to eradicate any remaining spammers' hideouts in 13 Member States at once.
Re:Shouldn't the headline really read: (Score:3, Informative)
Pfizer and Microsoft rise to the challenge with barriers erect showing they have the balls to go down on these Viagra spammers.