Spammers under attack by Lycos screensaver

Lycos' efforts against spammers have been in the news a bit lately. Suddenly people are crying about it being vigilantism and overzealous. Boo hoo. I wish them luck. An open, distributed response to spammers seems like a good idea to me if it can destroy their business model and discourage people from starting. It would be nice if a system like this established a detente and actually resulted in more available bandwidth instead of just consuming more.

Unfortunately it hasn't put a dent in my spam receipts. I've been getting about 120 a day lately...Almost double what I was getting this summer, with a steady increase inbetween. Thanks to spamassassin I only see a few of those.