Microsoft Awarded $4 million In Spam Suit

KingFishKingFish
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
A federal court has ordered a California man to pay $4 million to Microsoft for allegedly using the software giant's product names fraudulently as part of a spam scheme.
Microsoft announced late Thursday that Judge Manuel Real of the U.S. Central District Court of California had issued a summary judgment against Daniel Khoshnood of Canoga Park, Calif., and his businesses, Pointcom and Joshuathan Investments. In the suit, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft contended that Khoshnood was responsible for two different spam e-mail campaigns that attempted to lure recipients into downloading desktop toolbar software. Microsoft claims that in order to promote his e-mails, Khoshnood misrepresented himself as being associated with the update service for Microsoft's flagship Windows operating system.
Are they going to take that in 4 million one-dollar installments from this individual? -KF

Source: ZDNet

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2004
    16 million quarters!
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited July 2004
    WOW, I bet Bill Gates even knew about receiving this money! This is sarcasm.

    Why doesn't he just owe everyone, since everyone can claim they got spam from this guy and because no one likes him?
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited July 2004
    They got a spammer, that's all that counts. Good on them.
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