CRIME Fwd:UPS files suit against spammers (nylj)

From: Zot O'Connor (zot@private)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 13:56:34 PDT

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    This has some interesting implications to ISPs and companies in terms of
    legal requirements for keeping logs
    
    -----Forwarded Message-----
    
    
    >UPS Files Suit Against Spammers
    >
    >United Parcel Service of America is tackling computer spam with a federal
    >suit that seeks more than $1 million in damages from unnamed spammers.
    >Accusing spammers of using UPS' domain name and its employee and customer
    >lists to market sexual products, lawyers for UPS have secured an emergency
    >order allowing them to subpoena computer data from Internet servers to
    >track down and identify the offenders...
    >
    >[snip ]
    >
    >[Judge] Camp issued an emergency order in mid-June allowing UPS
    >limited, expedited discovery to identify and locate computer logs to track
    >down the spammers. In seeking the order, UPS attorneys noted that "time is
    >of the essence" because information needed to identify and locate the
    >spammers typically is maintained by Internet service providers for only a
    >few days. Internet Web pages advertised by the spammers "are typically
    >only active for a few hours or days."
    >
    >         rest at:
    >                 http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1056139961199
    >
    >         messy desktop:
    >                 http://www.panix.com/~dberns/ups-vs-spammers.nylj
    
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    Zot O'Connor
    
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    http://www.WhiteKnightHackers.com
    



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