On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > Would the spam business _want_ email addresses from people who download > ripped games/ movies? > > Or would eg RIAA be more motivated?
Good idea. However, RIAA would probably just collect IP addresses and then go after ISPs for the users' identities. In spam business, collections of verified email addresses are of much higher value than addresses just harvested from the Net. Test: Create a "sacrificed" address for testing purposes, give them one. Watch when it starts getting spam. Can be even used for training Bayesian spam filters.
