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Facebook Vs. Spammers, Round Two

Posted by Soulskill on from the round-one-went-well-enough dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Three months after being awarded $873 million in a lawsuit against Atlantis Blue Capital for violating the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, Facebook earlier this week filed a federal complaint against 'Spam King' Sanford Wallace in San Jose District Court. Las Vegas night club manager Adam Arzoomanian and Scott Shaw are also named as defendants in the suit." These filings do not mark the first time Wallace has faced legal action; last May, MySpace won a $230 million judgment against him.

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  1. Judgement-proof by schmidt349 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Usually these spammers insulate themselves from the effect of negative verdicts against them by moving all their assets to offshore accounts where the fed can't touch them and neither can lawyers looking to claim their $x million in damages.

    If only we could literally take the shirts off their backs in partial fulfillment of their obligations we might start to make some headway against the spam kings. Any other suggestions?

    1. Re:Judgement-proof by MrMr · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They use the same legal constructions that protect your average CEO from negative verdicts. Good luck with changing that system.

  2. reminds me of a quote by eltaco · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penisses, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.

    http://bash.org/?203815

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    It's not about fate, it's about character.
    there be no shelter here, the frontline is everywhere!