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MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole; Wins $6 million settlement

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Mon, 06/16/2008 - 9:18pm

MySpace has won a $6 million spam settlement against an affiliate network called Media Breakaway and its CEO Scott Richter.

The MySpace victory comes a month after it won a $230 million settlement against well-known spammers Stanford Wallace and Walter Rines.



 

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

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).



 

MySpace wins $234 million antispam judgment

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 11:40pm

The social-networking site MySpace has won a $234 million antispam judgment, according to the Associated Press.