MySpace’s big spam win: Will it really be a deterrent?

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 5:52am

MySpace won statutory damages of more than $230 million against spammers Stanford Wallace and Walter Rines, but the big question is whether this ruling–delivered in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles–will act as a deterrent.

To be sure, MySpace’s win (see court order PDF) has some eye-popping figures (good luck collecting that sum).

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