Spam signup man convicted of harassment
In a variant of the old high school trick of signing classmates up for lots of magazines with the "bill me later" option, a man in Maryland signed up his female boss for emails from dating services and job sites.
The signup emails were traced to him and he was convicted of harassment and sentenced to probation and 100 hours of community service. This is the first case of this type in the US and perhaps anywhere.
It was undisclosed whether he thought she needed dates and perhaps a different job would suit her better, but it's probably safe to assume he didn't like her and wasn't merely trying to be helpful!
You can read the article by clicking here.
The signup emails were traced to him and he was convicted of harassment and sentenced to probation and 100 hours of community service. This is the first case of this type in the US and perhaps anywhere.
It was undisclosed whether he thought she needed dates and perhaps a different job would suit her better, but it's probably safe to assume he didn't like her and wasn't merely trying to be helpful!
You can read the article by clicking here.
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 6:49 AM
Comments on "Spam signup man convicted of harassment"
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Jen said ... (Saturday, June 18, 2005 7:01:00 PM) :
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Steve said ... (Sunday, June 19, 2005 2:36:00 PM) :
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Rick Kincaid said ... (Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:27:00 PM) :
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Anonymous said ... (Saturday, August 06, 2005 12:28:00 AM) :
post a commentWhat an idiot! Man, that's bad...
What's interesting here is that a court actually declared that receiving spam and other forms of advertisements is harassing. Who knows to what this definition will lead in the future?
-Steve
Games are for Children
Kind'a like when John and I signed you up for army recruitment information. (you should have gone, it would have made a man out of you)
I received very sick comments in the form of spam. Most were threatening or sexual. I don't think they were trying to sell anything- can harassment come in the form of spam? YES!!!!!!