By Jo Best
Published: Thursday 03 March 2005
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Adrian, bear in mind spammers are in this to earn a lot of money, so purely financial penalties aren't going to deter them. 9 years does sound a bit harsh, but then again we don't know any details of the case, it might be for how the details were obtained, or the nature of the spam? The media likes to use emotive statements without giving any background so they get people leaving comments at the bottom of stories like we're doing.
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