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NEW YORK America Online, Earthlink, Microsoft and Yahoo! last night jointly filed the first major industry lawsuits under the new federal anti-spam law, which went into effect Jan. 1.
The four e-mail and Internet service providers collectively filed six legal complaints in federal courts in California, Georgia, Virginia and Washington state, charging hundreds of defendants with sending bulk unsolicited e-mail messages to the plantiffs’ customers.
“Congress gave us the necessary tools to pursue spammers with stiff penalties, and we in the industry didn’t waste a moment—moving with speed and resolve to take advantage of the new law,” said AOL executive vice president and general counsel Randall Boe in a statement.
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