Several of the biggest email providers have banded together to sue some of the biggest spammers. Once again a gorilla is attempting to kill the ants in its cage by pinching their heads off. Of course I say that without knowing what the results of this litigation will be. We may well see s slight drop off of the semi-legitimate activities of the spoofers and spamers if the big boys can nail a few. It will hit equilibrium soon, though, and spam will be back. The way the CAN SPAM act is written, they can pretty much spam at will as long as they don't lie. Still, it does feel good to stick it to some folks, and as a lawyer I have to say we legal-eagles love big long complicated lawsuits at hourly rates.
No, the real answer to spam, and file sharing, and everything else on the Internet is going to be technological and informational change, not litigation. Litigation is slow, computers are fast.
HoustonChronicle.com - Internet providers join forces to sue hundreds of spammers