[LINK] Fwd: MR179-09: Additional million dollar penalties issued in SMS spam case [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Antony Barry]

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> From: "Australian Communications & Media Authority"  
> <media at acma.gov.au>
> Date: 16 December 2009 2:34:47 PM
> To: <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
> Subject: MR179-09: Additional million dollar penalties issued in  
> SMS spam case [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
> Reply-To: media at acma.gov.au
>
> The Federal Court in Brisbane today imposed $6.5 million dollars in  
> penalties against two further respondents in proceedings brought by  
> the Australian Communications and Media Authority against SMS  
> spammers. These penalties are in addition to the $15.75 million  
> imposed on five other respondents on 23 October this year and bring  
> the total amount of penalties in this matter to $22.25 million to  
> date. The full media release can be found at http://www.acma.gov.au/ 
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