In a victory for the little guy, Joe Jared of Osirusoft, a DNSBL (DNS Block List, although many call them blacklists - not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind you), has been exhonerated by a California court when the judge ruled that he was in his rights when he added the IP addresses belonging to Pallorium.com to his Osirusoft anti-spam blocking list.

In a ruling sure to warm the hearts of anti-spammers everywhere, and chill those of e-mail marketers who employ questionable methods, Judge Geoffrey Glass of California’s Orange County Superior Court said that not only was Jared protected by the Federal Communications Decency Act, but that “Any good faith effort to…

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