Anti-Spam Lawyer Loses Appeal, and His Possessions 237
Techdirt is reporting that one particularly rabid anti-spam fighter has not only lost his case, but most of his worldly possessions as well. James Gordon tried to set himself up as an ISP to get around the conventions of the CAN SPAM act in order to set up a litigation house designed to sue companies that spam. Unfortunately a judge did not take kindly to this trick and ordered him to pay $110,000 to the firm he was suing, a decision that was not only upheld on appeal but accompanied by some very unkind words trying to shut down litigation mills like his. "But, perhaps even more fascinating is that the guy, James Gordon, didn't just lose the lawsuit, it appears he lost most of his possessions as well. Remember that ruling telling him to pay the $110k to Virtumundo? He refused. The company sent the debt to a collections agency, but told Gordon they'd call off the collections agency if he dropped the appeal. Gordon didn't."
James Gordon? (Score:5, Funny)
He'll be fine. Bruce Wayne will bail him out.
How ironic (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Surprise Surprise (Score:1, Funny)
Hey, he saw corporations do it first!
Re:Reminds me ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Morton's Fork (Score:1, Funny)
The Arch-Traitors(Judas, Brutus and Cassius) go in Beelzebub's mouth. Spammers, on the other hand, have already been through the mouth and are now located somewhere in the rectum. That's where true suffering is at.
Re:James Gordon? (Score:1, Funny)
I wouldn't want to be a Gotham City spammer after dark. Especially when Bats was having a "slow night".
Re:Morton's Fork (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Morton's Fork (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Morton's Fork (Score:3, Funny)
The Arch-Traitors(Judas, Brutus and Cassius) go in Beelzebub's mouth. Spammers, on the other hand, have already been through the mouth and are now located somewhere in the rectum. That's where true suffering is at.
Now that is truly cruel and unfair... No being should ever be forced to stomach something so vile as spammers in their depths forever and ever with no hope of any relief whatsoever.
Re:Morton's Fork (Score:2, Funny)
Is it that easy to joke about human life?
Yes [wikipedia.org], but I won't be funny. You wouldn't like me when I'm funny.