MySpace has won a legal battle, against spammers Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines, according to an AP report. The battle ended in a $234 million judgment by a Las Angles court, ruling against some of the most notable spammers, thanks to their antics on popular social networking site MySpace, and even some massive spamming campaigns throughout the 1990s.
The historical aspect of this particular case is that this may be the largest award ever extended under the 2003 anti-spamming law CAN-SPAM. After years of being sued for various legal matters, from angry parents to angry politicians, perhaps MySpace feels vindicated in knowing that a battle against spammers could, in some way, improve the very negative user experience that has led to some of the legal cases brought against it in the past.