A spammer is suing someone who reported their spam for "Tortuous Interference with Contract" and "Defamation":
> The defendant knew intentionally and improperly interfered with the > performance of the said contract by inducing Lightship Telecom and > Spectra Access, Inc., to terminate the contracts. ... > The defenandt induced the termination by intentionally making > misrepresentation about ATRIKS and Brian Haberstroh to the said > third parties. It would be funny if it weren't for Jay Stuler having to pay legal fees for all this; Jay can seriously use donations to help fight this. I find it interesting that they aren't suing Spamhaus.org or Spews.org, which also have "misrepresentations" about the spammers; looks rather like a SLAPP lawsuit to me. Jay posted the following to USENET: From: Jay Stuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.email Subject: Atriks lawsuit update Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:22:03 -0500 > Hello gentle NANAE readers... > I found out this week that they declined my motion to dismiss. Yes > - even though I am not a citizen of New Hampshire, and I have never > been there, or done business there, they still decided I can be sued > there. So the next stage of the suit begins - discovery. Some > interesting things should come of this stage... > Unfortunately, this will cost quite a bit of money - which I still > don't have. I need more donations to go further. But if I am > financially able to go further, I am sure that many interesting > things about Haberstroh's operation will be unearthed, if you know > what I mean. > My lawyer made it quite clear to Haberstroh's lawyer that he will > never receive any money, even with a judgement. Nevertheless, > Haberstroh wishes to continue with the suit, to make spammers seem > like the good guys. > I am still taking donations through PayPal. Every little bit helps. > If there is any extra left over at the end of this (for some reason) > it will be proportionately returned to the donors. The site with > information on the suit is still at: > http://spamlawsuit.spamshield.org I will update the site with more > information as it comes to me. > Also please pass this on to anyone who you may think be > interested... > Thanks -- Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute, but set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Advanced SPAM filtering software: http://spamassassin.org
