Spamhaus rests easy

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 1, 2006

US judge rules against suspending Spamhaus domain.

At the end of a month-long court battle, a US judge has ruled that UK anti-spam advisory organization Spamhaus will not have its domain suspended as a penalty for mislabelling a spammer.

Back in September, a US court found Spamhaus guilty of mislabelling Illinois-based company e360 Insight as a spammer, and ordered the British organization to pay $11.7 million in damages. Spamhaus merely laughed off the ruling at first, pointing out that the US court had no authority over the UK-based organization.

Determined to have their vengeance however, e360 Insight and its head David Linhardt then demanded, as part of an appeal, that domain management organization ICANN be ordered to suspend the spamhaus.org domain.

However, Judge Charles Kocoras issued an order late last month denying e360 Insight's motion on the basis that the suspension of the spamhaus.org domain would cut off all lawful online activities of Spamhaus, not just those in contravention of the Illinois court's injunction.

Posted on 01 November 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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