Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Spam victim liable

In a case of justice gone horribly wrong, WebGuy.net's Mark W. Mumma, ISP, spam victim and anti-spam activist, has been dealt <A HREF="http://www.prweb.com//releases/2007/6/prweb535529.htm">the ultimate"low blow" by a Federal Court.</A> The small, Oklahoma City based ISP has been ordered by a U.S. Federal Jury to pay $2.5 Million in damages to the very company that admitted sending him unsolicited email in the first place.

In a mind numbing decision, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema ruled that Mark W. Mumma's statement that Plaintiffs, Cruise.com, Omega World Travel and Gloria Bohan "are spammers" is "untrue" in spite of the fact that Cruise.com witnesses confirmed, under oath, that they never ask a recipient's permission prior to sending them email offers. The reason given by Cruise.com CEO Anthony Hamawy regarding why they don't verify an email recipient's desire to receive their offers was, "No, we have not, primarily because our competitors don't."

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