Spamhaus award reduced from $11m to $3

A UK anti-spam company that had previously been ordered to pay more than $11 million in damages for ‘blacklisting’ a US marketing company will only need to pay a nominal $3 amount following a US court ruling.

A UK anti-spam company that had previously been ordered to pay more than $11 million in damages for ‘blacklisting’ a US marketing company will only need to pay a nominal $3 amount following a US court ruling.Spamhaus is a UK company that blacklists businesses that it says are behind spam emails. It had been ordered to pay e360 more than $11 million in damages in 2006 by a US court after the company successfully claimed that it had lost business as a result of blacklisting by Spamhaus.
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2011/september/spamhaus-award-reduced-from-11m-to-3/

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