I love how they won this based on a failure to appear, not on the merits.

MySpace is emerging the winner of a $230 million judgment against a spammer in what’s believed to be the largest antispam case ever.

The ruling came after defendants Sanford Wallace — the notorious and self-appointed “Spam King” — and Walter Rines failed to appear in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California on Monday. [InternetNews.com]