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  • Microsoft wants to tackle Aussie spammers

    Microsoft wants the federal government to amend its anti-spam legislation to allow its joint venture with Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd, ninemsn, to directly pursue legal action against spammers.

  • Microsoft to fight crime with spammer's 'millions'

    Software giant Microsoft will invest the US$7 million it is expecting from a damages settlement with 'spam king' Scott Richter into fighting Internet crimes, paying its legal bills and "rewarding" the state of New York.

  • Feds shut down BitTorrent hub

    Federal agents shut down a popular Web site on Wednesday that had distributed copyrighted music and movies, including versions of the latest "Star Wars" movie.

  • Microsoft bankrupts the Spam King

    Scott Richter, self-confessed Spam King and one-time peddler of ladies' underwear, has filed for bankruptcy, with Microsoft cited as the main reason.

  • Court takes gag off antispam service

    A district court judge has rescinded a temporary restraining order against antispam operation SpamCop, in an early blow to a case brought by self-professed "Spam King" Scott Richter.

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