Legal Question Help !?

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

America Online (AOL) provides services to its customers including the transmission of email. To become a member, a person must agree not to use AOL's computers to send buld, unsolicited, commercial email (spam). National Health Care Discount (NHCD) sells discount optical and dental service plans. To generate leads for NHCD's products, sales representatives, who included AOL members, sent more than 300 million pieces of spam through AOL's computer system. Each item cost AOL an estimated $0.00078 in equipment expenses. Some of the spam used false headers and other methods to hide the source. After receiving more than 150,000 complaints from its members, AOL asked NHCD to stop. When the spam continued, AOL filed suit in a federal district court, alleging trespass to chattels - an unlawful interference with another's rights to possess personal property. AOL asked the court for a summary judgment on this claim. Did the spamming constitute trespass to chattels? Explain.
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I am sorry, i tried looking up your answer on various websites and even posted the Question on a site much similar to this but have had no response. if i do in future. i will let you know. for now sorry. try going to wiki though
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