Larry Canter | |
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 Canter at ROFLCon in May 2010 | |
| Born | Laurence A. Canter June 24, 1953 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Law (disbarred in 1997) and internet business |
| Known for | First major commercial spamming campaign on Usenet |
Laurence A. Canter (born June 24, 1953) and Martha S. Siegel (born April 9, 1948) were partners and spouses in a firm of lawyers who committed the first massive commercial Usenet spamming on April 12, 1994. They were not the first Usenet spammers, but some consider them pioneers in the modern global field of ad spamming.[1]
- ^ Ray Everett-Church. "Wired "The spam that started it all"". Wired. Wired.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.