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The software giant has successfully sued a spammer for £45,000 but a legal expert says the company shouldn't have had to do it through the civil courts
Microsoft has won what it believes to be the largest civil award against a spammer in Europe.
Paul Fox, whose messages were intended to direct traffic towards his pornographic download site, was this week forced by court order to pay Microsoft £45,000 for breaching the terms and conditions of its Hotmail free email service, which explicitly state that no-one can deliver spam to its customers.
But while Microsoft has clearly won, the case highlights a failing in the British legal system to tackle spam. Despite efforts by the Information Commissioner to gain more powers from the Department of Trade and Industry to deal with spam, he remains hamstrung.
Sep 13, 2006, 06:51 PM
