Signing People Up For Spam Is Harassment

from the watch-what-you-do... dept

Bombarding someone you dislike with spam is clearly illegal -- but what if you just sign them up for a bunch of spam lists? Apparently, that's illegal too. In a first of its kind, a judge found a man guilty of harassment for signing his boss up for various spam email newsletters. Perhaps everyone should send this article to folks who put them on their own mailing lists without asking for permission first.

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    Me, Jun 9th, 2005 @ 7:25pm

    Well - fair call. On the one occasion I've signed someone up for as much porn spam as the net could provide, I certainly considered what I was doing as harrassment.

    Mind you, I was doing this because he'd just spammed his services as a "life coach" to a private mailing list, so I didn't feel anything approaching guilt.

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    ROFL

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    Stephanie, Apr 27th, 2006 @ 10:53am

    I can't disagree with you. Some people just deserve it.

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    diana richardson, Dec 6th, 2010 @ 8:57pm

    yes this email [email protected] replied to a craigslist ad and it is spam, I thought it was a real girl but is clearly spam, I had sent two emails to it totally different just to see if the response would be exactly the same and wolla it is exactly the same paragraph word for word - I even replied with my pic and who knows what they are going to do with it hopefully nothing to bad lol - so I can understand in some cases wanting to send them back alot of the same that they sent me

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    Spam me

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    Bart Pell, Jan 31st, 2011 @ 8:31pm

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    tom, Mar 24th, 2011 @ 6:38am

    I love all kinds of e mail.

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    [email protected]

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    Tou., Apr 28th, 2011 @ 5:04pm

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    Little Piggy, May 17th, 2011 @ 2:03pm

    I love SPAAAMM!

    (805) 231-7606

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    email me

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    Ashley, Aug 1st, 2011 @ 1:39pm

    I need some email as well

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    spam

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    i love spam, Aug 3rd, 2011 @ 6:12am

    spam me

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 30th, 2011 @ 11:54am

    I go onto random websites and make inflammatory comments unrelated to the topic. I need an inbox full of spam.

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 10th, 2011 @ 6:58am

    Sign me up!

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    i need it

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    loving spam, Nov 26th, 2011 @ 11:56am

    Send it, please

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    Michelle murray, Dec 8th, 2011 @ 8:11pm

    802-498-8828. Call me anytime.

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    Spam me Please

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    wannafuck, Feb 7th, 2012 @ 12:42pm

    I love to be penetrated with tons of hard spam.

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    I love to spam blogs with SEO advice!

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    Ramon Elliot, Feb 14th, 2012 @ 5:11am

    You know how important it is to be visible. You know you need to use the internet better. But you also need to take care of your business. You can’t do both. Well, you take care of your business… we’ll take care of the internet for you. Our expert staff understands how to make search engines your friend. Email us and we’ll get started.

    [email protected]

    Want unsolicited website advice?!?! Send me all your questions! I'm an asshole and I LOVE IT!

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