FC: Dutch ISP wins suit -- spammer will be fined $45 per spam

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Here's an English-language report on Xs4all's initial suit against AbFab:
http://www.xs4all.nl/uk/news/overview/abfab.html

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Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 19:47:15 +0100
From: chefren <chefren () pi net>
To: declan () well com
Subject: Xs4all wins Spam case

Hello Declan,

Xs4all just won a case against AbFab about spam.

The interesting thing is that the judge said that because Xs4all prohibits 
their own customers to =send= e-mail it doesn't have to route that kind of 
traffic to it's customers.

AbFab may not send any spam to customers with e-mail adresses ending in 
"xs4all", if it does it has to pay 50 euro for each case and 2.500.000 euro 
max.

The verdict is published on the official site:

http://www.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak/frameset.asp?ui_id=31892

(Unfortunately all Dutch...)

+++chefren

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Chefren Hagens




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