Spammer goes down

In Australia's first prosecution under the new Act, Nicholson J has imposed fines of AUD$4.5 million on the corporate entity and AUD$1 million on its sole director for sending "unsolicitied electronic messages" and "use of harvested electronic addresses" in contravention of the Spam Act 2003 (Cth).

ACMA press release here.

ACMA v Clarity1 Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 1399 here. The earlier decision on liability is [2006] FCA 410 here.

ACMA had been seeking penalties of $9.9 million and $1.98 million, while the respondents tried for $10,000 and $2,000, respectively.

and Spam Act 2003 here.

Even though the flow of spam into my "In box" seems to be rising at tsunami like rates, it is still good to see one them "get it"!

Posted: Wednesday - November 08, 2006 at 10:44 AM |

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