I know it's not really about MMOs but it affects us all and it caught my eye!  Yahoo Tech has reported the surroundings of the first spam and how it ended up working out for us all (badly).

For the record, the pioneering spammer told the Wall Street Journal that his ground-breaking e-mail worked, drawing scores of leads and about $12 million in tech sales. Thuerk says he never spammed again, and he reportedly does promos for spam-fighting companies, but he's not spending any time blaming himself for the current spam epidemic. "If the airline loses your luggage do you blame the Wright brothers?" he told the Journal. I'm not sure I get the logic there, but...whatever.

Check out the actual email, and their take on the rest.