Wednesday, May 14, 2008

MySpace wins $230 million in anti-spam judgment !!


In what is to believed as one of the largest anti-spam judgment ever social networking site MySpace has won a $230 million in damages from Sanford Wallace(Sanford Wallace is also called as "Spam King " or "Spamford") and Walter Rines.

MySpace said the pair sent more than 730,000 messages to MySpace members, many made to look like they were coming from trusted friends, giving them an air of legitimacy.

Though service provider MySpace wuold be having tough time collecting this award, it hopes the judgment would deters other spammers.

MySpace's Chief Security Officer said "Anybody who's been thinking about engaging in spam are going to say, `Wow, I better not go there' ".

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