MySpace sought another $3m from the pair under a different section of CAN-Spam. In its legal case MySpace sought $157.4m from Mr Wallace and Mr Rines under CAN Spam plus a further $63.4m separately from Mr Rines under the same law. Under the 2003 US CAN Spam law, each violation entitles MySpace to $100 (£50) in damages, tripled when spam is sent "wilfully and knowingly". MySpace also said that some of the external websites contained pornographic material, potentially harming teenagers who use MySpace. In court papers, MySpace said sending the junk mail cost it money and generated complaints from hundreds of users. MySpace said the duo sent 735,925 messages to its members.
"When you go there, they were making money trying to sell you something or making money based on hits or trying to sell ringtones," said Mr Nigam. Typically the e-mail asked recipients to view a video or visit a website. Using these accounts the pair e-mailed MySpace members to make the mail look like it came from trusted friends. The two junk mailers worked together to create MySpace accounts or took over existing ones by stealing passwords. It's our job to send a message to stop them," he added. "Anybody who's been thinking about engaging in spam are going to say 'Wow, I better not go there,'" said Hemanshu Nigam, MySpace chief security officer to AP. However, anti-spam experts said MySpace had little chance of getting the cash it sought. The judgement is thought to be the largest ever given against senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail. Victory in the case was awarded to MySpace after Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines, the men behind the junk mail, failed to show up in court. MySpace has won a $234m (£120m) legal judgement over junk messages sent to members of the social networking site. Spammer Sanford Wallace has a long history of sending junk mail
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