AOL Gold Rush, Treasure Hunt, and SPAM

Truth is stranger than fiction. I wonder how the execs over at Time Warner missed the opportunity to create a reality show based on AOL's recent court awarded treasure hunt in a spammer's parents' backyard: AOL Digs Up Yard for Spam Gold.

It would have fit right in with their Gold Rush TV show. It would go head to head with the treasure hunters TV show.

While I don't support some of AOL's tactics, like their resistance to cancel accounts, but I do believe that they deserved this judgement. I am surprised the government didn't go after Hawke for email fraud too.