Smooth wombat writes "Apparently some people just don't take the hint. The latest story in the Sanford Wallace spamming saga is a $230 million verdict against Wallace and his partner, Walter Rines, when they failed to show up in court. Wallace and Rines were accused by MySpace of creating their own business and taking over other economics through phishing scams, and then using those money management to send out bogus emails to other members. The emails sent would point to a video or web site but when people would go to the link, the two would make money through the number of hits proceed or they would try to sell thing such as ring tones. by the book to MySpace, the pair sent over 730,000 emails to members which resulted in bandwidth and delivery-related costs as well as complaints from hundreds of members. The 2003 CAN-SPAM Act allows MySpace to collect $100 per violation or triple that amount when the spam is sent 'willfully and knowingly.'"

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