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MySpace Wins Suit Against 'Spam King'

Greg Sandoval writes on the C|Net News Blog:

Sanford Wallace, the so-called spam king, has often been accused of sending annoying messages that are typically ignored by the recipient. Perhaps he considered a series of court orders as something he could blow off.

If he did, he was wrong. MySpace has won a legal judgment against Wallace after he failed numerous times to turn over documents or even to show up for court, according to documents obtained by CNET News.com.

In March of last year, MySpace filed suit alleging that Wallace launched a phishing scam in October 2006 to fraudulently access MySpace profiles. Wallace was also accused of spamming thousands of MySpace users with unwanted advertisements and luring them to his Web sites.

To say Wallace, who could not be reached for comment, failed to mount a vigorous defense would be an understatement.

posted by Fergie @ 4/28/2008 06:48:00 PM