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North Coast Journal: Rise and Fall of a Spam Crusader

“Over the next five years Singleton and ASIS filed a steady stream of lawsuits against a variety of alleged spammers. As with the targets of Singleton’s ADA suits, plaintiffs often chose to settle confidentially out of court because, guilty or not, it’s usually cheaper than going to trial. White estimates that during this period she netted $40,000-$50,000 per year from settlement revenues. (She wouldn’t say how much she paid Singleton.) By her calculations, these payoffs still didn’t make up for what she’d spent fighting spam over the previous decade. In fact, White viewed herself as an activist fighting for the greater good. And with spammers showing no signs of retreat, the battle had no end in sight. Until Azoogle.”

(an impressively researched article, well worth the read -BoM)

30 September 2010
9:40

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