FaceBook Wins $873 Million Judgement Against Spammer
FaceBook Wins $873 Million Judgement Against Spammer
by , 5:40 PM EST, November 25th, 2008
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Adam Guerbuez of Montreal and his company Atlantis Blue Capital are the particular spammers in question, though FaceBook doesn't expect to be able to actually collect much, if any of the judgement.
Mr. Kelly wrote, "Does Facebook expect to quickly collect $873 million and share the proceeds in some way with our users? Alas, no. It's unlikely that Geurbez and Atlantis Blue Capital could ever honor the judgment rendered against them (though we will certainly collect everything we can). But we are confident that this award represents a powerful deterrent to anyone and everyone who would seek to abuse Facebook and its users."
Whether it will serve as a deterrent for future spammers remains to be seen. For instance, Tim Beyers at Motley Fool reminded us that MySpace earned a judgement of $230 million against a spammer earlier in 2008, but spam can still be found on MySpace.
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Should I switch to http://www.macworld.com/news.html for news related to Apple and their products?
They seem to have more than TMO the past 6 months anyways. Sorry, but I think TMO has run dry on good Mac news.
I like the look of The MacObserver more than MacWorld, so this is my first stop when I need to take a break from work. Not that MacWorld is bad looking and I do visit them, but this one is better. As to news coverage, does MacWorld have deeper pockets, can they afford more "reporters" that can dig out stories in a timely manner? I don't know, I am just thinking aloud and I just thought that it is time for my second cup of coffee.
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Can someone explain to me how Facebook winning a lawsuit against spammers has anything to do with observing the Mac?
Yes. Spamming is a scourge that plagues the entire world of the Internet and computing, even Macs. Thus, any legal action of this kind, impacting and impeding the action of spammers in general, is newsworthy for a tech-related blog.
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