Perth-based direct marketing company T3 Direct is seeking AU$43,750 in compensation from Joseph McNichol, whom it alleges caused the company to be blacklisted on the spews.org Web site. A writ of summons was filed against McNichol on May 24.
"We're planning an information awareness exercise to inform people attending the seminars what spamming is and who [T3] are," Michael Harris, the event organiser, told ZDNet Australia.
Harris, who is investigating the history of the man at the helm of T3 Direct, said: -this is now turning into a slime campaign".
Harris is coordinating a protest between 8:30am and 9:30am on July 24 at the Novotel Langley in Perth, where he says a T3 Direct business--Business Seminars Australia--will be holding a seminar.
According to Harris' Web site, -the purpose of the proposed action at this event is an information exercise - to increase public awareness of not only spam and unwanted marketing, but also to alert the people attending this seminar of the unsavoury practices employed by [T3 Direct]."
"This is an information action only. This will be peaceful and no public nuisances will be caused at this event. If you are seen to be causing a public nuisance or harassing persons, you will be asked to leave the action. We do not want any negative publicity and would like this to be a peaceful protest throughout."
According to Harris, many people are -very keen" to participate and he is encouraging similar protests to be carried out at other T3 Direct-associated seminars across the country.
"We're hoping to have McNichol there unless legal restraints stop us," Harris said.
Get a life, anti-spam weenies! There are more important things in the world to get fired up about.