Sorry, I think the sentences are too lenient and do not have enough penalties in the wallet. For all of his time, DeGroot still kept his money. $10 per message isn't near enough. I think that $100/message should be the fine and for every single email sent. 50% of that money should go to local taxes for education.

Spammers want to waste bandwidth, place spyware on computers, hijack systems and generally do things to people without their consent - and they should be prepared to pay the price. Billions of emails sent unsolicited is a crime and it costs the macro economy billions of dollars.

I want the corporate crooks to hang just as much as I want it for the spammers. The mob has nothing on these high-tech criminals for sheer audacity. Just look squarely at Alan Ralsky - he's still a top spammer, and who at Enron, Worldcom or Tyco has swung from the yardarm after stealing billions? Both are despicable and evil and should pay the price for their crimes.

No sympathy for those devils - ever.

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