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Business Communications Review, March, 2005 by Robb, Drew

There's been good news and bad news recently in the legal fight against spam, or unsolicited commercial email (UCE). On the upside, U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Rolle entered judgments on Dec. 17, 2004 totaling more than $1 billion against three bulk emailers. The bad news is that the defendants never showed up in court and it is questionable whether any money will ever actually be collected from them.

"Although spam is the responsibility of relatively few people, successful legal actions are a drop in the ocean," said Gartner, Inc. research director Ant Allan. "The problem is that even domestic operators can move their operations off shore--the bulk of such email is now originating outside the Western countries."

Meanwhile, the ratio of...