Spam Hunt -- Earthlink filed suit in an Atlanta District Court Wednesday against an alleged spam ring that has used stolen credit cards to set up accounts and flood the Earthlink network with more than 250 million spam e-mails. Operating out of Alabama, the group is estimated to involve around 100 individuals. If successful, the suit would allow Earthlink to subpoena telephone companies, Web domain sellers, and other companies to reveal the identity of the spammers. Earthlink won a $16.4 million suit against the "Buffalo Spammer" in May and is currently also pursuing legal action against a second spam ring in Vancouver.
Feud -- Gonegambling.com, an online gambling and casino portal, and Mapau, part of the Sunny Group of Casinos, are involved in a dispute that has resulted in GoneGambling's refusal to accept any further advertising from the Sunny Group. The Sunny Group claims that GoneGambling threatened to post a libelous article about the Sunny Group on its Web site unless the Sunny group paid $5,000. Meanwhile, GoneGambling has compiled and posted on its Web site a long argument in defense of its termination of business with the Sunny Group. GoneGambling will lose $7,000 worth of advertising per month as a result.