Vole throws book at German porn spammer

The accused spamster has been charged with conducting spam campaigns over six months, mainly advertising his own prawn site. Vole's particularly miffed at the bloke because he forged e-mail addresses from Hotmail in some of his spam.

If he carries on sending out spam he'll face a 250,000 euro penalty. Thee Vole is also demanding information about his advertising campaigns, as well as payment for damages.

This is a landmark case in that, in Germany, spammers could only be taken to civil court and charged with "unfair competition," says Heise online. µ