The software giant won $7 million in couch change from Richter today to settle a lawsuit in which the company accused Richter of sending mass e-mails with misleading subject lines and forged sender addresses in violation of state and federal law.
According to IDG News Service: “After refunding its legal costs, Microsoft will pump $5 million of the settlement money back into fighting Internet crime, by providing technical training and forensic assistance to law enforcement staff and developing new technology tools.”
We assume you can add the word “proprietary” before “technology tools.”
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, said in a statement today: “This one legal victory will not end spam, but it is a relief to know that the magnitude of spam attacks need no longer be measured on this particular Richter scale.”
Ugh. Oh, you *know* Smith stayed up all night thinking that up.
