MySpace files lawsuit against spammer

Social networks are great for meeting people and checking out what interests others. But what happens when social networks go bad? We have all heard about the issues MySpace and other networks have with predators lurking, and now we get to hear a bit more about the spamming that affects social networks. MySpace has filed a lawsuit against an individual who has apparently sent millions of spam notes advertising ring tones, shirts and other products and services to users on their network under the Can-Spam Act. The lawsuit aims to bar the man in question, and his companies, from using MySpace, and will also seek monetary damages that are currently unknown. Information Week discovered that this isn't the first legal case for this person. Microsoft had a run-in with the individual who is known as a top spammer, and won a $7 million settlement in 2005. MySpace has been working hard lately trying to clean up their image by taking on predators on their network, and it looks like they will also be coming down hard on spammers and individuals that are running sketchy commercial activities through the social network.

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