August 17, 2005 11:41 AM PDT

Ex-AOL worker sentenced to 15 months in spam case

In letter to the judge, Jason Smathers pleads for leniency, describes himself as "an outlaw" in the "new frontier" of cyberspace.

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I can't wait to send this guy mail in prison advertising things like enhancement products.
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It's interesting...
how digital spam mail gets you as much as 7 years in prison while copyright infringement could theoretically give you a life sentence (and no doubt will do that to somebody someday).
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