Facebook wins $712-million in damages in spammer caseOctober 31st, 2009 TORONTO - Facebook has won 712 million dollars in damages after a California court ruled against a spammer for trying to get personal information from the users of the social networking website. The court ordered Sanford Wallace to pay Facebook the money after the company complained that he had used the site to induce members to click on messages that appeared legitimate but were actually designed to capture personal information.
MySpace Wins $234 Million Verdict Against Notorious Spammers (Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines)May 13th, 2008 MySpace was awarded $234 million in statutory damages, the largest ever anti-spam verdict made under CAN-SPAM and apparently under any law. This is also the first time damages have been awarded under the California Anti Phishing Act.
French court rules against eBay for counterfeiting, orders damages paid to luxury group LVMHSeptember 18th, 2009 French court rules against eBay for counterfeitingPARIS — A French court has found eBay responsible for brand counterfeiting and ordered the online marketplace operator to pay the luxury group LVMH euro80,000 ($118,000) compensation for damages caused to famous perfume brands like Christian Dior and Kenzo. The Paris-based LVMH SA conglomerate had sued eBay Inc., accusing the San Jose, Calif.-based company of using its brands as keywords in Internet searches.
California users file civil suit against Facebook, allege privacy violationsAugust 17th, 2009 California users file civil suit against FacebookSANTA ANA, Calif. — Five Facebook users filed a civil lawsuit Monday alleging that the social networking site is violating California's privacy laws and misleading members about how their personal information is used.
Pirate Bay challenging Dutch court ruling, deadline passes with no indication of complianceAugust 10th, 2009 Pirate Bay to challenge ruling, deadline passesAMSTERDAM —A court-imposed deadline has quietly passed for Swedish-registered Web site The Pirate Bay to block traffic from the Netherlands or pay copyright holders damages. There's no indication of compliance.
Calif. jury awards $16M to family of woman who died after radio station water-drinking contestOctober 29th, 2009 Calif. jury awards $16M in radio contestant deathSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento County jury has awarded $16.5 million to the family of a 28-year-old woman who died after participating in a radio station's water-drinking contest.
Illinois court allows iPCS' challenge of Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal to go forwardMay 1st, 2009 Court rules for iPCS in Sprint WiMax fightKANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Illinois court is allowing a lawsuit to move forward that challenges Sprint Nextel's deal with Clearwire Corp.
Constitutional validity of huge claim lawsuits filed by RIAA questionedMay 4th, 2005 The paper - "Grossly Excessive Penalties in the Battle Against Illegal File-Sharing: The Troubling Effects of Aggregating Minimum Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement" by J. Cam Barker argues that the file sharers sued by the RIAA have a
constitutional right to pay much smaller penalties than the millions of dollars they can be liable for under copyright law's minimum damages of $750 per song.
Social networking aggregator Power.com sues Facebook over access to users' information.July 10th, 2009 Social networking aggregator sues FacebookNEW YORK — In a counterpunch to the world's biggest online hangout, a small Web company called Power.com has sued Facebook, saying it doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over their content. Power lets users simultaneously access several social networks, including MySpace and Twitter.
Brazil's Power.com sues Facebook over access to users' informationJuly 10th, 2009 Power.com sues Facebook over access to users dataNEW YORK — A small Web company is handing the world's biggest online hangout a counterpunch. Power.com has sued Facebook, saying the site doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over the content they share.
Canada's privacy commissioner says Facebook violates privacy lawsJuly 16th, 2009 Watchdog: Facebook violates Canadian privacy lawTORONTO — Canada's privacy commissioner accused Facebook on Thursday of breaching Canadian law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart released a report that also accuses Facebook of disclosing personal information about users to the nearly 1 million third-party developers worldwide who create Facebook applications such as games and quizzes.
IBM Accused of Mail Server HackingJuly 14th, 2006 Butera & Andrews, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm filed suit against IBM in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
MC Hammer's cousin charged in Calif with raping woman he met on Twitter, no plea in courtAugust 11th, 2009 MC Hammer's cousin appears in court on rape chargePLEASANTON, Calif. —The cousin of rapper MC Hammer has been charged in California with raping a 40-year-old woman he met through an online social networking site.
Facebook says it brought in more money than it spent in 2nd qtr, ahead of 2010 goalSeptember 15th, 2009 Facebook says it passed key financial milestoneSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it achieved an important financial milestone, bringing in more money than it spent in the last quarter.
Facebook brought in more money than it spent in previous quarter, ahead of 2010 goalSeptember 15th, 2009 Facebook says it's bringing in more than it spendsSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it is now bringing in more money than it is spending. The social networking site had previously said it expected to achieve this goal sometime next year.
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
This is a shame that spammers do this it is not cool when they spam it hold ups loading your sites and other important things you have to do when you are on these sites.
October 30th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
What exactly does Sanford Wallace do?