Entries Tagged as 'Walter Rines'

垃圾邮件大王被判赔偿Myspace近2.34亿美元

美国洛杉矶联邦地方法院宣判,依据CAN-SPAM(Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003)法案,两名臭名昭著的垃圾邮件制造者Sanford Wallace和Walter Rines,须向MySpace支付近2.34亿美元的法定损害赔偿;另外根据加利福尼亚州反钓鱼法令(California anti-phishing statute),两名被告需赔偿150万美元。这是美国自2003年针对垃圾邮件(包括手机)颁布CAN-SPAM法案以来,赔偿金额最大的一宗案例。排在第二位的是今年3月宣判的,ValueClick须向FTC(Federal Trade Commission,联邦贸易委员会)支付290万美元赔偿金。

这两个臭名昭著的垃圾邮件制造者在1990年代,每天发送3000万封垃圾信息。Wallace还获得了“垃圾邮件大王”的绰号。Myspace说,这两个人在网站上创建了自己的帐号并窃取别人密码,每天发送垃圾信息达到将近73.6万次。

不过这很可能只是一场象征性的胜利,对垃圾邮件制造者起到震慑作用,因为现在还不知道两个人躲在哪里,法院作出的是缺席宣判。

MySpace Wins Largest Anti-Spam Award in History

(via TechCrunch) MySpace has informed us that on Monday it was awarded $234 million in statutory damages, the largest anti-spam sum ever made under CAN-SPAM and apparently ever under any law. This is also the first time damages have been awarded under the California Anti Phishing Act. Read more.

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