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To: DMaA who wrote (10861)	12/18/1997 1:47:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

America Online Inc. Wins Battle to Stop Advertiser From Sending Junk E-Mail Dulles, Virginia, Dec. 18 -- AOL said junk e-mailer Over the Air Equipment Inc. has agreed to a court injunction to stop sending unsolicited ads to AOL members. Over the Air Equipment had been sending the No. 1 online service's members ''hundreds of thousands" of e-mails daily that advertise pornographic Web sites, AOL said. The ad company agreed to pay America Online for damages, though the online service declined to specify the amount. AOL will put the money towards safety education for young people and their parents. ''(Junk e-mailers) have little regard for the people who receive their solicitations--a problem that's only magnified when a child is on the receiving end of an objectionable piece of junk e-mail," AOL Chairman and Chief Executive Steve Case in a statement. Las Vegas-based Over the Air Equipment declined to comment. AOL filed suit accusing Over the Air Equipment of using deceptive practices in October. The junk e-mailer agreed to drop its challenge to a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Dulles, Virginia-based AOL filed suit recently against Squeaky Clean Marketing and Cyber Services, alleging that the Georgia-based companies ignored AOL's requests to stop sending unsolicited junk e-mail to its 10 million members. o~~~ O