Comments on: Facebook Wins An $873 Million Judgment Against Spammers That It Will Never Collect

By: nyc concerts

nyc concerts — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:14:46 +0000

the punishment of not using facebook is really not that big a deal

By: Facebook wins $873 million Spam Case | Business 2.0 Press

Facebook wins $873 million Spam Case | Business 2.0 Press — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:21:32 +0000

[...] Welcome! You seem to be new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for the best in daily Business, Tech & Web news.Judge Jeremy Fogel in San Jose, California, has just awarded Facebook the largest remedy ever under the CAN-SPAM act, a total of $873 million, against Adam Guerbeuz and Atlantis Blue Capital for spamming people on Facebook. No one will likely face any jail time. However, they have been banned from accessing or using Facebook at any time for any reason whatsoever. You can review the judgment filing here. Via [...]

By: IT News #5 | FABblog

IT News #5 | FABblog — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:07:16 +0000

[...] Facebook vince una causa contro uno spammer Condividi: [...]

By: Will

Will — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:11:53 +0000

Let this be a message for others, WE HATE SPAM. IM constantly fighting with spamer at http://tvradionet.com and other sites I own, its so annoying!

By: No Spam for You! Facebook Awarded $873M in Spam Case | Monty's Mega Marketing

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:42:44 +0000

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By: Facebook recibe una gran indemnización por el spam

Facebook recibe una gran indemnización por el spam — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:17:00 +0000

[...] juez Jeremy Fogel, en California, ha otorgado una sentencia favorable a Facebook por valor de 873 millones de dólares en concepto de daños y perjuicios. Adam Guerbuez y Atlantis Blue Capital tendrán que abonar la cantidad a la red social según la [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:07:02 +0000

Someone should sue Facebook for spamming. I never asked Facebook to help someone who just happened to have my email to send me email. It’s so frigging annoying. I tried to contact Facebook by phone to get them to remove my email altogether, but there wasn’t a phone number.

oss wipe.

By: Victorie impotriva spamerilor, dar degeaba | Bag tare în blogosfera românească

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:47:02 +0000

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By: tom

tom — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:16:24 +0000

I also hate spam, but in China, there are some different thought among generation gaps toward to spam,

By: declare bankruptcy?

declare bankruptcy? — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:47:08 +0000

Spammers can do nothing but to declare bankruptcy.. US govt. should bail them out!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:45:30 +0000

how can we block facebook from spamming my inbox to sign up?

By: Forsaken

Forsaken — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:44:37 +0000

Wait, so those millions are just fairy tales?

What is the need for the court case when the outcome (I mean the non payments) was determined before hand….

By: alexb

alexb — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:14:09 +0000

mailbox FAIL

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:56:48 +0000

They should have just banned them from using the internet. That would have been awesome.

By: TravisV

TravisV — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:47:27 +0000

When Facebook users send invites to Facebook non-users, how is that not spam?

By: Facebook ganha julgamento de US$873 milhões contra spammers | Inside Techno

Facebook ganha julgamento de US$873 milhões contra spammers | Inside Techno — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:43:04 +0000

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By: Robert Basil

Robert Basil — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:11:25 +0000

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:04:46 +0000

I commented over on the WB article, but it seems the same “judgement” is being portrayed here, so a rare copy/paste

I am not a lawyer, and US law is sometimes (at least for me) a confusing enigma, or at least the way it is portrayed.

It is my understanding that this was a default judgement, which seems to be just a way for the courts to tie up assets, with the total set high enough to tie up everything possible.

I would be horrified if this was a “real” judgement, as CAN-SPAM in relationship to social network communication is very much untested water.

Just a few examples…

1. Facebook just forced me to log into my account to change mail preferences
2. What is the real material difference between phishing, and asking people for their Gmail password to scrape their contacts to send out viral invites?
3. Emails from Facebook have no address details at all
4. If Facebook claim that the defendants didn’t provide a one click opt-out mechanism, yet they were using Facebook, then does that mean there is a prooblem with the Facebook interface? Is a wall post a “message” where every user has to have a chance to opt out from viewing wall posts of that user (the poster)?

Extrapolate it out further, and how does this have an effect on blog comment spam that ends up in the email box of subscribers. Who is then liable?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Please forward the request from “Dr Okon” to the stupid “locator” spammer…

By: Cure Dream

Cure Dream — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:56:50 +0000

Speak for yourself.

I find being spammed by my ‘friends’ on facebook to be completely intolerable. It’s absurd to get spam messages from people I knew 20 years ago advertising entirely pointless facebook apps.

If I got banned from Facebook, I’d be glad, not sad. The only thing that Facebook is good for is 5 cent/1000 advertisements to scam the chumps.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:35:46 +0000

$873 Million! If only the spammer had the luck that I have – I have been contacted by DR CLEMENT OKON WHO IS TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND IS SEEKING ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER FUNDS FLOATING IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA READY FOR PAYMENT.

By: silicon valley dropout

silicon valley dropout — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:12:53 +0000

pot calling the kettle black

By: Jason@tinycomb.com

Jason@tinycomb.com — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:00:18 +0000

Just give him the Guillotine!

By: Raskin

Raskin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:58:56 +0000

Mailboxlocator.com? That doesn’t even make sense! And postallocator.com is equally useless, since usps.gov has a postal locator on the front page. Go away, locator-domain man. Go far, far away…

By: Facebook Spammer Awarded The Death Penalty : tinyComb

Facebook Spammer Awarded The Death Penalty : tinyComb — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:57:55 +0000

[...] Friday, Facebook was awarded $873 million in damages against Adam Guerbuez and Atlantis Blue Capital under the CAN-SPAM act for [...]