MySpace Wins $234 Million Spam Judgment

MySpace has won a $234 million legal judgment over spam messages sent to members of the social networking site.

MySpace won the judgment after spammers Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines failed to appear in court. The judgment is believed to be the largest ever awarded in a spam email case.

Hemanshu Nigam, MySpace's chief security officer, said in a statement,"MySpace has zero tolerance for those who attempt to act illegally on our site.  The Federal District Court in Los Angeles awarded MySpace $233,777,500 under the federal CAN-SPAM Act and $1,500,000 under the California anti-phishing statute."

"User engagement is up 32 percent year over year while spam is significantly decreasing, proving efforts like this are working.  We thank the court for serving justice upon defendants Wallace and Rines and we remain committed to punishing those who violate the law and try to harm our members."

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