Lycos Goes Straight

Lycos Goes Straight
Mark Rasch, 2004-12-06

After a week of well-deserved criticism, Lycos is abandoning its scheme to launch denial-of-service attacks against spammy websites. Did the company reform in time to avoid criminal prosecution?

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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it 2004-12-07
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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it 2004-12-07
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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it 2004-12-08
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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn&#39;t get it 2004-12-09
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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn&amp;#39;t get it 2004-12-10
Anonymous

It's still the wrong approach 2004-12-08
Anonymous

I thought it was the dumbest idea I'd heard of in weeks. The Internet is slow enough already without generating *more* useless traffic.

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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it 2004-12-09
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Lycos Goes Straight 2004-12-09
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Lycos Goes Straight 2004-12-13
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Lycos Goes Straight 2004-12-13
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