Re: [Thinkpad] Nabble

Pete:
Can you send me more info about suing junk faxers? I have a real problem
with that
Thanks
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Seebach" <seebs@plethora.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Nabble

> In message <01M0CS0IGK3K8ZFT4J@Opus1.COM>, billy@MIX.COM writes:
>>mje@foxall.com.au said -
>>
>>> I can't believe this! I can't believe anyone thinks this is worth
>>> suing
>>> someone over, and it just seems an example of Americans suing someone at
>>> the
>>> drop of a hat.
>>
>>Here in the USA anybody can sue anyone for anything.
>>But the real question is - can they win a judgement?
>>I'll be looking forward to seeing what results here!
>
> There's also injunctions. I sue junk faxers as a hobby, and for me, the
> point
> is not so much judgments as injunctions, when I can get 'em.
>
> Which sometimes I can. :) On the other hand, I sometimes suspect that
> judgments are more of an incentive to change than injunctions are. But...
>
> I know a lot of people who will happily spend a lot more money than they
> will
> ever recover to prevent a behavior which they believe to be wrong in
> principle. It is a good thing; such people are what make society work.
>
> -s
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