Microsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has filed 15 lawsuits in the United States and the UK against suspected spammers, marking a ramping up of the firm's campaign against unsolicited commercial e-mail.
According to Microsoft, the 13 US and 2 British companies and individuals named in the lawsuits were collectively responsible for flooding the MSN internet service with more than 2 billion unsolicited e-mails, causing many customers to defect to other e-mail providers.
The firm further revealed that it will be seeking monetary damages in an attempt to curb the spammers' activities.
Speaking following Tuesday's announcement Microsoft General Counsel, Brad Smith observed that:
'Spam knows no borders. It is an issue that requires global co-ordination, so that industry and government have the maximum ability to protect customers.'
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