AOL has won $7m in damages after it claimed its punters had been bombarded with porn spam.
The giant Internet company used the court ruling to warn spammers that it will use the full force of the law to hit at anyone who targets its punters with unsolicited email.
AOL brought the case against CN Productions in the late 1990s, alleging it had sent unwanted emails advertising adult Web sites. In 1999, AOL won an injunction barring CN Productions from spamming its users.
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