I really like this idea. haha but over 100 EMaill addies? hehe heh he is either crazy or a genius. in the words of of very wise man, "it's such a thin line between clever and stupid."



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: Daniel Balsam hates spam. Most everybody does, of course. But he
: has acted on his hate as few have, going far beyond simply
: hitting the delete button. He sues them.
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: Eight years ago, Balsam was working as a marketer when he
: received one too many e-mail pitches to enlarge his breasts.
: Enraged, he launched a website called Danhatesspam.com, quit a
: career in marketing to go to law school and is making a decent
: living suing companies who flood his e-mail inboxes with offers
: of cheap drugs, free sex and unbelievable vacations.
:
: "I feel like I'm doing a little bit of good cleaning up the
: Internet," Balsam said.
:
: From San Francisco Superior Court small claims court to the 9th
: US Circuit Court of Appeals, Balsam, based in San Francisco, has
: filed many lawsuits, including dozens before he graduated law
: school in 2008, against e-mail marketers he says violate
: anti-spamming laws.
:
: His many victories are mere rain drops in the ocean considering
: that Cisco Systems Inc. estimates that there are 200 billion
: spam messages circulating a day, accounting for 90 percent of
: all e-mail.
:
: Still, Balsam settles enough lawsuits and collects enough from
: judgments to make a living. He has racked up well in excess of
: $1 million in court judgments and lawsuit settlements with
: companies accused of sending illegal spam.
:
: His courtroom foes contend that Balsam is one of many sole
: practitioners unfairly exploiting anti-spam sentiments and laws.
: They accuse him of filing lawsuits against out-of-state
: companies that would rather pay a small settlement than expend
: the resources to fight the legal claims.
:
: Balsam mostly sues companies he accuses of violating
: California's anti-spam law. Among other restrictions, the law
: prohibits companies from sending spam with headers that misleads
: the recipient into believing the e-mail is noncommercial or
: comes with offers of "free" products that aren't true.
: The law also requires a way for Internet consumers to "opt
: out" of receiving any more spam from a sender.
:
: Balsam said he has more than 40 small claims victories and
: several more in higher courts, mostly alleging the receipt of
: misleading advertising.
:
: In November, he won a $4,000 judgment against Various Inc., an
: "adult-oriented" social media company that controls
: AdultFriendFinder.com. A judge sided with Balsam, who sued after
: he received four identical e-mails sent to four different
: accounts with the identical subject line "Hello my name is
: Rebecca, I love you."
:
: It's the fourth time he's beat Various in court. The company is
: appealing the latest ruling and a hearing is scheduled for Jan.
: 5 in San Francisco Superior Court.
:
: Balsam certainly isn't the average Internet consumer. When San
: Mateo Superior Court Judge Marie Weiner in March ordered Trancos
: Inc. to pay Balsam $7,000 for sending spam that recipients
: couldn't stop, she noted that he has more than 100 e-mail
: addresses.
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