The American Arbitrage Association awarded MySpace $6m in damages and attorney fees and a permanent injunction against spammers: Scott Richter and Media Breakaway. MySpace said it would aggresively pursue spammers and “keep those who try to harm our members off our site.”

“MySpace has zero tolerance for illegal activity on our site and is committed to bringing to justice those who try to harm our members. Recently, MySpace won a major victory against Scott Richter and Media Breakaway under the Federal CAN SPAM Act. This award reflects MySpace’s continued momentum and holistic approach to ridding the site of spammers and phishers through technological innovation, education, partnerships and enforcement. We will continue to do our part in cleansing the Internet of this invasive onslaught of spam.”

–Hemanshu Nigam, Chief Security Officer, MySpace