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EarthLink Gets $16M in Spam E-Mail Case
ATLANTA - A federal judge awarded the Internet service provider EarthLink damages of $16.4 million Wednesday and a permanent injunction against a Buffalo, N.Y.-based sender of junk e-mail.
Howard Carmack, identified as the leader of a ring that used EarthLink services to send some 825 million pieces of unsolicited "spam" e-mail in the past year, is banned from sending spam ? or helping others send it.
Among other Internet providers, America Online has also sued prolific spammers, winning a $6.9 million judgment in federal court in Virginia in December. In that case, AOL sued a now-defunct company based in Rockford, Ill., for sending pornographic spam.
AOL has won 25 spam-related lawsuits against more than 100 companies and individuals, spokesman Nicholas Graham said.
ATLANTA - A federal judge awarded the Internet service provider EarthLink damages of $16.4 million Wednesday and a permanent injunction against a Buffalo, N.Y.-based sender of junk e-mail.
Howard Carmack, identified as the leader of a ring that used EarthLink services to send some 825 million pieces of unsolicited "spam" e-mail in the past year, is banned from sending spam ? or helping others send it.
Among other Internet providers, America Online has also sued prolific spammers, winning a $6.9 million judgment in federal court in Virginia in December. In that case, AOL sued a now-defunct company based in Rockford, Ill., for sending pornographic spam.
AOL has won 25 spam-related lawsuits against more than 100 companies and individuals, spokesman Nicholas Graham said.
