MySpace was awarded $234 million in statutory damages, the largest ever anti-spam verdict made under CAN-SPAM and apparently under any law. MySpace上被授予二萬三千四百點零零萬美元在法定損害賠償，有史以來規模最大的反垃圾郵件的判決下，可以垃圾郵件，顯然根據任何法律。 This is also the first time damages have been awarded under the California Anti Phishing Act.這亦是第一次損害賠償已經批出的合約下，加州的反釣魚式攻擊的行為。

The case was won against two notorious spammers, Sanford “Spamford” Wallace and Walter Rines.案件韓元對兩個臭名昭著的垃圾郵件發送者，桑福德“ spamford ”華萊士和沃爾特rines 。

Wallace and Rines spammed MySpace by creating their own accounts and stealing the passwords of others.華萊士和rines垃圾郵件MySpace上建立自己的帳戶和密碼，竊取他人。 They then went on to mass message users an estimated 735,925 times.然後，他們接著就大規模的信息用戶，估計735925倍。 Each of these messages warrant up to $300 in damages under the 2003 federal anti-spam law CAN-SPAN because they were conducted “willingly and knowingly”.每個這些郵件的手令可達300美元的賠償金，根據2003年聯邦反垃圾郵件法可以大跨度，因為他們進行了“自願和知情” 。 Source:資料來源： TechCrunch techcrunch

US District Judge Audrey B. Collins in Los Angeles awarded $157.4 million jointly against Rines and Wallace and an additional $63.4 million against Rines under CAN-SPAM - plus $1.5 million more against the pair under California’s anti-phishing law.美國地方法院法官餘乙柯林斯在美國洛杉磯頒發一億五千七百四十○萬美元共同反對rines和華萊士和額外六千三百四點○萬美元對rines下，可以垃圾郵件-再加上1 50萬美元，更反對對下加利福尼亞州的反釣魚式攻擊法。

In the late 1990s, Sanford Wallace’s company, Cyber Promotions, aka Cyberpromo, was widely blacklisted as a source of unsolicited email.在20世紀90年代末，桑福德華萊士的公司，網絡促銷，又名cyberpromo ，被廣泛列入黑名單，作為一個來源的不請自來的電子郵件。 Wallace’s high-profile pro-spam stance and unrepentant persistence earned him the derisive nickname “Spamford”.華萊士的高姿態親垃圾郵件的立場和死不悔改的堅持為他贏得嘲弄的暱稱“ spamford ” 。 Prior to his email spam ventures, Wallace had gained notoriety in other questionable marketing circles, as a heavy utilizer of junk fax marketing, a practice outlawed in the US since 1991.之前，他的垃圾電子郵件，合資企業，華萊士獲得了惡名，在其他可疑的營銷界，作為一個沉重的utilizer濫發傳真的營銷，這種做法取締在美國，自1991年以來。 In 1995, Wallace formed Cyber Promotions, entering the spam market.在1995年，華萊士，形成網上促銷活動，進入市場的垃圾郵件。 Thanks to a self-marketing campaign, Cyberpromo rapidly became the most successful seller of email marketing - as well as the number one source of unsolicited email.感謝自我營銷活動， cyberpromo迅速成為最成功的賣方的電子郵件營銷-以及有多少的來源之一，不請自來的電子郵件。 His activities won him the 1997 Ig Nobel Prize.他的活動，他贏得了1997年的免疫球蛋白的諾貝爾獎。

Odysseus Marketing and its principal Walter Rines, a former associate of Sanford Wallace, was also charged by the FTC with capturing, compiling and attempting to sell user data, and uploading software onto users’ computers that reformatted search engine results to place his ad clients at the top.奧德修斯營銷和其主要沃爾特rines ，前副桑福德華萊士也被落案起訴，由公平交易委員會與捕捉，編制，並試圖出售用戶數據，並上傳到軟件用戶的計算機上格式化搜索引擎結果把他的廣告客戶頂端。

MySpace has another anti-spam case pending against a high-profile defendant, Scott Richter, who it claims gained access to MySpace profiles using stolen passwords and then sent spam bulletins from those accounts. MySpace上有另一個反垃圾郵件待決的案件對一個高姿態被告，斯科特里克特，誰它聲稱獲得了MySpace上的配置文件使用被盜的密碼，然後發送垃圾郵件的通報，從這些帳戶。

While the amount may never be collected, this should send the strongest possible message against the spammers.而金額可能永遠無法收集，這應該發出強烈的訊息，對垃圾郵件發送者。 Technology alone cannot stop spamming, but with legal help we surely can put an end to spamming on the internet.單單技術不能阻止垃圾郵件，但與法律幫助，我們一定能杜絕垃圾郵件在互聯網上。

Other sources: AP, Wikipedia etc.其他資料來源：美聯社，維基百科等。