First Person in U.S. Convicted for Spam E-mailing

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Originally Posted by mbucari1

You know, this is all just a little too funny. You all are talking about setting a precedent for these spammers by sending this guy to jail in hopes that all future spammers will follow. However, in case you foregot, THIS IS A FILE SHARING FORUM!! Everyone here is pretty much doing the same exact thing. We are stealing from copyright owners by means of unethical internet use.
Don't be so quick to judge.

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This isn't just spam. Advertising spam? No big deal; Delete it.

This guy was sending out millions of spam emails for the purposes of phishing. He was intentionally sending out emails looking like legitimate, well known companies such as banks, PayPal, etc.. He would take their information and then wipe out their bank accounts or sell it to someone else who would.

Far from the same as filesharing. :dabs:

File sharing doesn't always have to involve copyrighted material.

just lol, thats all i can say