Israeli spam! Who do I contact?

[Dotan Cohen]

2009/5/7 Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz>:
> Udi Oron wrote:
>
>
>
> Sounds like good stuff for ongoing report in blog posts...
> I wonder if they even answer you without the court order.
>
> You do not call for them to answer. You call so you can show the court that
> you did everything you could to collect the money without going to court, so
> you can ask the court for הוצאות משפט. Since you know that the chances they
> will even talk to you out of court is negligible, you want to hit them as
> hard as you can. If you can add 1000 sheqels of costs to the 1000 sheqels of
> damages, there is a greater chance of receiving those if you showed you did
> everything you could to not spend the time and money of going to court in
> the first place.
>
> Your final court approach should be something like:
> 1000 sheqels - statutory damages for sending spam
> 70 sheqels - claims fee (the money you pay to post the claim - I'm not sure
> how much it is)
> X sheqels - trial cost (how many hours you spent on the suite with a
> REASONABLE padding times an hourly income you can reasonably be said to be
> worth)
>
> In X, count the time you spent calling them, the time you spent researching
> the matter and the time you are estimated to spend in court. Add a
> reasonable padding. Don't make this particular article too big, or you risk
> your entire case.
>
> And, in case there is any doubt, I am not a lawyer. This is not legal
> advice. Anyone taking any legal action based solely on advice given in a
> public forum is barking mad. Do your own research, consult a lawyer,
> whatever.
>
> Udi
>
> http://elyon1.court.gov.il/heb/forms/ktanot.htm
> http://www.moit.gov.il/NR/exeres/1A0A7AB5-68D4-4739-801D-44390FEE7A39.htm
>

A representative of the company called me back, she is very concerned
about the incident. It was a third-party advertising agency that sent
the spam and the rep sounds _angry_. As my goal is to fight spam in
Israel, and not to make a quick shekel, I am more than happy to help
her check internally what had happened. It looks like the third party
advertising agency is to blame, and the company rep want to give it to
them hard.

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Dotan Cohen

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