Microsoft lawsuit aims to block spam over IM
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft this week accused mobile ringtone and entertainment firm Funmobile for resorting to spamming Windows Live Messenger users to hawk its wares.
In a lawsuit filed in the Washington State superior court for King County against Funmobile, which sometimes does business as Mobilefunster, Microsoft accused company officials of misusing Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger infrastructure in violation of the terms of service, and said they caused damage by using it to send spam messages.
"Such instant messaging spam, or 'spim,' can take the fun -- and utility -- out of instant messaging," Tim Cranton, Microsoft's associate general counsel for Internet safety enforcement, wrote yesterday on his blog.