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(London), most people just grievances and rammed deleted, but when Gededike received spam messages, advertising Internet services, he back all these.

30-year-old online marketing expert from the Edinburgh sued the sender, transcom Internet Services Limited, in small claims court. Court orders The company paid 1,445 US dollars in damages and 1,190 US dollars in court on the costs.

"If someone throwing stones through your window, you will not just ignore it? "Dick said:" This is anti-social behaviour, and they should not do it in the first place. " Cheney argued that transcom taken his e-mail address from the Internet Forum without his consent, in violation of EU data protection law.

Transcom Officer William Smith denied that the message was spam. He Dick said that in the e-mail received in the last year, he The address was accidentally taken by a group of e-mail and added to a company database. Smith said: e-mail to 41,000 people.

Transcom lawyers argue that the compensation was unreasonable, because the e-mail did not hurt Dick self-financing. However, the Court rejected this argument.

Nick lockett, a London lawyer Specializes in Internet law, said: ruling might prompt other cases, the spam people seeking compensation In order to cover the costs of e-mail filtering software and server space.

In fact, Dick has been scheduled a web site, providing advice on how to fight spammers in court. So Nigel has been.

Roberts, a Briton, and they have earned a 300 pounds ($ 580) solution over 2005 Spam is from motor vehicles and fax broadcasting business.

"For most people," Roberts said, "I do not know how see spammers, and identify who it is. "