A "John Doe" lawsuit has been filed against Internet spammers. The lawsuit was filed by Internet Law Group (www.i-lawgroup.com) in the US District Court in Alexandria, VA on behalf of Project Honey Pot (www.projecthoneypot.org). The lawsuit claims the spammers are violating Virginia's anti-spam statute and the federal CAN-SPAM law.
Through its 20,000 members in 100 countries, Project Honey Pot has collected information on thousands of e-mail harvesters in the USâ"people or bots that automatically scan web sites for e-mail addresses and then store them in a database for sale to a spammer. The organization hopes that by filing the "John Doe" suit, they can use that information in conjunction with subpoenas to find out who the actual spammers are.
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