 koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:14 | Donations. I urge folks to donate even miniscule amounts to Stuler, solely to help out with his legal fees. Normally I wouldn't sound all boo-hoo'ish about something like this, but spammers are now resorting to absolutely _absurd_ tactics to try and "prove their point" (whatever point that may be).
If you've never been in a legal battle with a company or organisation before, let me educate you for a moment, as I have been through one: even in the event that the defendant "wins" the case, ultimately, he still turns out to be the loser -- his attourney fees will haunt him for many MANY years to come. The basic technqiue of the plaintiff is: if you can't beat your opponent, take him to court and destroy him financially. When it comes to anything legal, the phrase "time is money" is quite steadfast.
Also keep in mind that financial issues of this kind will likely affect Stuler's credit rating, which could keep him from living a financially "normal" lifestyle.
Sadly, we United States citizens live in a sue-happy country. Take a moment and help someone out who obviously has a good set of morals, and will take time out of his day to report immoral and illegal behaviour to proper authorities (re: complaining to ISPs about unsolicited spam).
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 technickPremium
join:2000-12-16
Wheat Ridge, CO
kudos:1 | reply to koitsu
The whole court thing is time consuming, stressful, and cost money. I went to court against my former employer last year, and I was lucky enough, the "plantiff" decided they didn't have enough of an arguement, so they decided not to show up. By default, I won. After that I contacted them about reimburstment for my time, lawyer fee's, and other expenses regarding the case. At first they didn't want to do crap but hang the phone on me, but I threatened to drag them to court for it. Three weeks later, I had a check in my mailbox.
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koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:14 | reply to 4REAL
said by 4REAL:
How do you know he is legit and not trying to scam you out of a few bucks?
Read the legal documents. They're not even OCR'd -- they're literal image scans of the summons and the case.
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koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:14 | reply to technick
said by technick:Three weeks later, I had a check in my mailbox. That's impressive. Consider yourself lucky that your previous employer didn't show up -- had they, things might have turned out a lot differently (re: refusal to pay legal fees).
Glad to know you came out on top, though. 
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Ok, thats fine, but the question was, how do you know that his is legit and not trying to scam you out of a few bucks? I could make up anything and scan it. Perhaps we should search here. |
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