Editing Domain Name System blocklist (section)

=== Lawsuits ===
Spammers have pursued lawsuits against DNSBL operators on similar grounds:
* In 2003, EMarketersAmerica.org filed a lawsuit against a number of DNSBL operators in a [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida|Florida court]]. Backed by spammer [[Eddy Marin]], the company claimed to be a trade organization for [[Email marketing|email marketers]] and that DNSBL operators [[The Spamhaus Project|Spamhaus]] and SPEWS were engaged in [[restraint of trade]]. The suit was eventually dismissed for lack of [[standing (law)|standing]].<ref name="wired">{{cite magazine |last1=McWilliams |first1=Brian |title=No Truce in the Spam Wars |url=https://www.wired.com/2003/09/no-truce-in-the-spam-wars/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |magazine=Wired |date=10 September 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linxnet.com/misc/spam/slapp.php |title=Linxnet.com |publisher=Linxnet.com |access-date=2012-05-06}}</ref>
* In 2006, a U.S. court ordered Spamhaus to pay $11.7 million in damages to the spammer e360 Insight LLC. The order was a [[default judgment]], as Spamhaus, which is based in the UK, had refused to recognize the court's [[jurisdiction]] and did not defend itself in the [[The Spamhaus Project#e360 lawsuit|e360 lawsuit]]. In 2011, his decision was overturned by the [[Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals|United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]].<ref name="register">{{cite news |last1=Leyden |first1=John |title=Spamhaus victorious after 5-year fight with mass mailer |url=https://www.theregister.com/2011/09/05/spamhaus_e360_insight_lawsuit/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=The Register |date=5 September 2011}}</ref>