Good news, for once, out of a court in Los Angeles. MySpace has been awarded the single biggest US legal judgment over junk mail sent to its subscribers by a couple of notorious American spammers, Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines. Their devious junk mail messages fooled MySpace users into visiting gambling sites or adult-rated pages.

Disguised as comments from the user's friends, the pseudo messages in fact contained linked advertisements that made the pair a small fee every time somebody clicked on them.

The pair of spam crooks, who were 'no shows' in court, made an estimated $500,000 from their activities so the judge utilized the terms of the CAN-SPAM act to wipe the smiles off their faces by leveraging a $300 fine per click plus damages. Ouch!

Wallace, pictured, is more commonly known by his nickname "Spamford," perhaps because he somewhat resembles the canned meaty substance, has brushed with the law on more than one occasion over the years. In the 1990's the spam-man graduated from junk faxing to the major leagues of spamming where he rose in stature to become the head cheese and kingpin of the Philadelphia based marketing giant Cyber Promotions.

Hopefully, this legal action out of the City of Angels will make other wannabe spammers think twice before setting up such lurid plans. Kudos to MySpace for taking "Spamford" to the cleaners and hopefully wiping that smug grin off his chops.