Anti-Spammers Left To Pay The Bill On Frivolous Spammer Lawsuit

from the bad-news dept

Back in April, a group of mysterious spammers went so far as to sue anti-spam groups for daring to put together blocklists that would block their spam. After someone explained the law to the spammers, they tried to withdraw the lawsuit, but the anti-spammers actually tried to not let that happen. Knowing they had the law on their side, they wanted the case to go forward, and wanted to use the discovery period to figure out who the spammers were - and wanted to make sure those spammers paid the legal costs of the anti-spammers. The judge in the case has now dismissed the case. On the face, this appears to be good for the anti-spammers who were sued - but they weren't granted their request to have their lawyers' fees covered. So, basically, the spammers got away with falsely accusing the anti-spammers, and forced them to pay legal fees for the frivolous case against them.

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