(OT) Re: [plug] SPAM Case: Well done Jeremy

[Peter Wright]

On 14/10 12:40:13, Denis Brown wrote:
> At 11:56 14/10/2002 +0800, James Bromberger wrote:
> >From the Australian:
> >http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5283290%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
> >
> > THE Australian court system upheld the right of internet activists
> > to campaign against junk email in a landmark decision today.
> 
> Hear hear!

Likewise ;-). Yay Jeremy.

BTW, it's currently the second-from-top story on Slashdot:

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/14/048206&mode=nocomment&tid=111

...and there are quite a few amusing witticisms in the comments there.

Also (sorry for the loooong link):

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=20021014023001.22641.00001679%40mb-mg.aol.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dnews.admin.net-abuse.email

This first post in the thread is (apparently) from Joey himself:
> The verdict at last !
>
> In Short We WON! and were awarded indemnity of costs ! Mansfield had
> his Arse kicked and rightfully So !
> 
> More information after we read through the transcript , will post as
> soon as possible
> 
> My first thoughts are to complain loudly about spammers without fear
> of prosecution , my views of Mansfield were always factual and only
> revealed T3 for what they were SPAMMERS!
> 
> Like Mansfield said himself " It's all about choice" Well I Chose not
> to recieve his shit and he sued me for it !
> 
> Joey

*grin* Well, he's sounding fairly happy at least.

I'm not sure exactly what "indemnity of costs" means, but I bloody
well hope it means that that scum Mansfield will be forced to write
out a sizable cheque to Jeremy at the very least.

Pete.
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