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Gary Warner: We Are Well Past Time to Declare a Spam Crisis in China

• Comment posted Jun 30, 2009 6:49 pm PDT — by Edward Falk
  The spam may be coming through Chinese servers, but if you track it back to its source, half the time you'll find it actually originated here in the U.S. Remember last November when McColo in San Jose, California was finally…

ICANN and the Hyper-Aggressive Trademark Owners: The "Monster Test"

• Comment posted Apr 11, 2009 4:27 pm PDT — by Edward Falk
  I keep hearing about the overcrowding in our court system and then I see stories like this.  Unless the Monster cable company can somehow show that they're also in the miniature golf business, this should have been an open-and-shut case. …

North Dakota Judge Gets it Wrong

• Comment posted Jan 30, 2009 8:08 am PST — by Edward Falk
  I know this thread is a year old, but I'm just stumbling across it now, and I just can't let such unadulterated rubbish go unchallenged. I can't say for Mr. Ritz being prevented from arguing his story, but I suspect…

15 Years Ago Joel Furr Referred to Unsolicited Bulk Messages as 'Spam'

• Comment posted Apr 02, 2008 4:18 pm PDT — by Edward Falk
  The original use in a computing context was in 1985 when someone harassed a Pern MUSH by echoing "SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM..." repeatedly while the users were participating in a significant (for them) online event.  He was kicked…