Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Computers - 'Spamford' Wallace fined $4m over spyware biz
This is the first federal prosecution of a spyware case.
Hopefully, we'll see many more...
Hopefully, we'll see many more...
John Leyden, writing for the Register.com, reports:
"Sanford 'Spamford' Wallace has been fined $4m and ordered to restrict the deceptive spyware practices of his company, Smartbot.Net, after losing a lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission."