Sentence handed down in spam case
The Russian people at least are taking the problem as serious as it really is:
Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head.
I am telling ya, people are tired of spam. Spam, which is a nice name for virus, threatens the viability of the internet for all serious purposes, except for maybe porn. And it needs to be stopped. Not that I am advocating lynch mobs or anything like that, but the people of Russia get it, even if the government does not.
Another attack involved hundreds of people making phone calls to the American English Center and sending it numerous e-mails back, but Vardan Kushnir remained sure of his right to spam, saying it was what e-mails were for.
Under Russian law, spamming is not considered illegal, although lawmakers are working on legal projects that could protect Russian Internet users like they do in Europe and the U.S.
Hey, Kushnir, guess what a Louisville Slugger is for.
The people of Russia would not have to beat spammers to death if the government of Russia would do it for them, errr, well, at least put the spammers in jail for a long, long time.
The risk of spamming must meet or exceed the sometimes huge rewards of spamming or spam will never go away.