Neat Quotes - Courts


   "High volumes of junk e-mail devour computer and storage capacity,
    slow down data transfer between computers over the Internet by
    congesting the electronic paths through which the messages travel,
    and cause recipients to spend time wading through messages they
    do not want.  It is ironic that if defendants [CyberPromo] were
    to prevail on their First Amendment arguments, the viability
    of electronic mail as an effective means of communication for
    the rest of society would be put at risk."

                        Judge Graham, Compuserve vs. Cyber Promotions

   "There is no constitutional requirement that the incremental cost of
    sending massive quantities of unsolicited advertisements must be
    borne by the recipients."

                        Judge Graham, Compuserve vs. Cyber Promotions


   "Nothing in the Constitution compels us to listen to or to view
    any unwanted communication, whatever its merit...  We therefore
    categorically reject the argument that a vendor has a right under
    the Constitution or otherwise to send unwanted material into
    the home of another...  We repeat, the right of a mailer stops
    at the outer boundary of every person's domain."

                        Mr. Chief Justice BURGER
                        U.S. Supreme Court
                        ROWAN v. U. S. POST OFFICE DEPT. , 397 U.S. 728 (1970)


   "[They] have come to court not because their freedom of speech
    is seriously threatened but because their profits are; to dress
    up their complaints in First Amendment garb demeans the principles
    for which the First Amendment stands and the protections it was
    designed to afford."

                        Judge Stanley Sporkin
                        Turner Broadcasting v. FCC


   "The statute does not prevent anonymous speech, as appellant
    argues, but prohibits trespassing on private computer networks
    through intentional misrepresentation, an activity that merits
    no First Amendment protection,"

                        Judge James W. Haley Jr. wrote in the
                        unanimous opinion.  The Court of Appeals
                        of Virginia has upheld the country's first
                        felony conviction for computer spamming.  


   "Plaintiff e360Insight, LLC is a marketer. It refers to itself
    as an Internet marketing company. Some, perhaps even a majority
    of people in this country, would call it a spammer."

                        James B. Zagel
                        United States District Judge
                        e360Insight, LLC. v Comcast Corporation
                        April 10, 2008


    This is just totally irresponsible litigation. "You can't just
    come into a court with a fly-by-night, nothing company and say
    'I've lost $130 million.'" (extra layer of quotes ommitted)

   "I have never seen such an incompetent presentation of a damages
    case.  It's not only incompetent, it's grotesque. You've got
    damages jumping around from $11 million to $130 million to $122
    million to $33 million. In fact, the damages are probably zero."

			Judge Richard A. Posner
			e360 vs Spamhaus appeal


    "No one has the right to advertise on my dime," says FREE
    founding member Kelly Thompson, noting that consumers
    ultimately pay for the cost of spam. "Speech isn't free
    when it comes postage due."
        http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1563/is_n9_v16/ai_21074357/
        Anti-spam activists lead a crusade
        Alison Ashton, Home Office Computing, Sept 1998
        Kelley attributes it to Jim Nitchals (nanae, 2011-Jun-21)

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