
In one of the few instances of <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5723497.html?tag=zdnn.alert">an individual taking a spam fight to the courts,</A> a New York lawyer has filed a lawsuit alleging that his email address was hijacked and used to send messages promoting a company's stock. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charges that China Digital Media, a Nevada corporation with operations in China, and its unknown promoters, named in the suit as "John Does 1-10," used lawyer Scott Ziegler's email address as part of a spam campaign. The suit seeks millions of dollars in combined damages.