Facebook has asked a Quebec court to enforce an $843 million spam judgment it obtained in a California court against Montreal's Adam Guerbuez.
Facebook Tries To Enforce $843 Million Spam Judgement in Quebec
May 28, 2010
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Umm
$843 million for 4 million spam messages. Why should Facebook get that money? $200 for a wall post, even if it is annoying, is completely ridiculous. I’m sure it barely registered among all the other messages being sent and posted on Facebook over that period of time.
If anything, this ridiculous sum should go to the people who actually had to put up with the messages, instead of Facebook.
Compassion for a spammer, T?
I say we should extradite him!