According to the latest Facebook’s blog entry, Facebook has been awarded $873 million in damages in a ruling it had against marketing spammers that are Adam Guerbuez and Atlantis Blue Capital for sending sleazy messages to their users.

According to the court document embedded in below (PDF), the judge Jeremy Fogel has made this ruling on last Friday in San Jose federal court under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Furthermore, the ruling also barred the defendants from:

using or accessing, whether directly or indirectly, Facebook’s data, information, computers, computers systems, computer networks, or Facebook users’ accounts, information or profiles for any reason whatsoever;

accessing the physical property, structures or buildings of Facebook or Facebook’s employees;

creating, maintaining or using a Facebook account or profile; and many more.

The blog entry also discussed that it’s unlikely that Geurbez and Atlantis Blue Capital could ever honor the judgment rendered against them, though Facebook will certainly collect everything they can. Nevertheless, the result of this lawsuit will have larger implications as this noting the willingness of Facebook to go to court and fight the spammers.

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