[steve-b]

but 2.2 trillion dollars for a lawsuit? Isn't that a little over the top?

Not at all. The law sets forth a certain monetary penalty per violation; the defendant has (allegedly) sent out a certain number of spam fax spews to a certain number of targets. I know the education system has been going to hell, but people do still understand the concept of "multiplication", right?

[Dasaji]

There is nothing worse than getting to work in the morning and finding 8-10 junk faxes on the machine...and THEN having a legitimate one come in only to find you machine is out of ink!