Legal Opinion
Balsam v. Tucows Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2010No. 09-17625PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
There is no simple remedy for the vast number of unsolicited emails, popularly known as “spam,” that fill our electronic inboxes daily. Even though federal and state legislatures have adopted various laws to combat this problem, “spammers” continue to find new ways to advertise. Daniel Balsam, a victim of spam, seeks an alternative method of enforcement by bringing claims against the registrar of a domain site that bombarded him with more than 1,000 unwanted emails advertising a pornographic website. He claims that the registrar utilizes a system to hide the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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