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quietman7
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 Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:27 am Post subject: Illegal Spammer goes Bankrupt |
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E-mailer says suits drove it bankrupt
By Greg Griffin
Denver Post Staff Writer
E-mail marketer Scott Richter fought lawman Eliot Spitzer, but he's knuckling under to the world's richest man, Bill Gates.
Richter's company, Westminster-based OptInRealBig.com, has filed for bankruptcy protection in Denver. The company cited a costly legal battle with Gates' Microsoft Corp., which claims OptInRealBig.com illegally spams computer users.
"It's the legal fees that are battering the company," said OptInRealBig.com lawyer Steven Richter, father of Scott Richter. He said the company faces lawsuits from Microsoft and other parties in Colorado, California and Utah. "OptIn is profitable but for these lawsuits."
The 5-year-old company, which employed 25 people last year and had 350 clients, will continue to operate under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, he said.
Microsoft officials called the filing a victory. "Microsoft and the state of New York said we would drive him into bankruptcy, and together we have," said Aaron Kornblum, Microsoft's Internet safety enforcement attorney. "The kind of spam Mr. Richter was sending was not only annoying, it was illegal, and the law sets out penalties for this kind of illegal activity." |
Full article: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~32540~2786931,00.html
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Nightmaretony
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Location: Meadowbrook
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now, ifd only Microsoft can sue the rest. Spamhaus keeps a list of them. So its easy to go down the list  ....
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