AOL Files First Spim Lawsuit
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Iphtashu Fitz writes &quot;CNet News is reporting that 4 major internet providers - AOL, Earthlink, Microsoft, and Yahoo, have filed another bunch of lawsuits against spammers.
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Challenge/response e-mails accidentally marked as spam by AOL and EarthLink.
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The U.S. government has sued a New Hampshire man in its first attempt to crack down on Internet "spyware" that seizes control of a user's computer without permission.
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America Online should be subject to lawsuits by Homestore.com shareholders who are seeking to prove that AOL engaged in sham deals that helped Homestore improperly report higher revenue, lawyers at the Securities and Exchange Commission argued.
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Microsoft Corp is suing a company it claims provides so-called &quot;bulletproof&quot; web hosting to spammers. A company attorney said it is the first time anybody has been sued for allegedly providing spam &quot;support services&quot;.
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A lawsuit filed this week claims that Google, Yahoo, AOL, Amazon.com, Borders and IAC/InteractiveCorp violated a patent for an automatic message routing system held by Polaris IP.
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NEW YORK -- Three AOL subscribers who suddenly found records of their Internet searches widely distributed online are suing the company under privacy laws and are seeking an end to its retention of search-related data.
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) launched its initiative to file lawsuits against online movie traders on Tuesday.
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The suit seeks $1 billion in damages and an injunction against further violations.
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New lawsuits include one against a Web hosting company that called itself "bulletproof."
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America Online, Inc. (www.corp.aol.com) announced it was stepping up its fight against purveyors of unwanted, junk computer messages by filing two new lawsuits in Federal Court.
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By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News  Dec. 12--San Antonio-based AT&T Inc. has sued competitor Time Warner  Cable, saying it illegally accessed and damaged network wiring when hooking up  telephone customers in San Antonio apartment buildings.
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AP Financial News - Three people who allegedly sent America Online customers millions of junk e-mail messages touting penny stocks and other Internet gimmicks went on trial Tuesday in the nation's first such felony case.
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The US government has sued a New Hampshire man in its first attempt to crack down on Internet &quot;spyware&quot; that seizes control of a user&#39;s computer without permission.
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The Texas attorney general has launched a lawsuit against two men it says are spammers.
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The U.S. government has sued a New  Hampshire man in its first attempt to crack down on Internet  "spyware" that seizes control of a user's computer without  permission.
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Steve Case, the founder of the AOL Internet service, is backing a new online payment company that promises to let users transfer funds for free and offer a credit card with sharply lower fees for merchants.