(Seattle): Huge financial penalties were looming today after various social networking sites sued and counter-sued each other over the poaching of their hottest talent.
The crisis began when highly viewed MySpacer VapidHotChick received an email invite from opposition site Bebo.
Her post on it in her MySpace blog prompted the company to file a lawsuit against Bebo through Social Networking lawyers Bloggit, Stumble 'n' Digg.
"It's a clear case of tapping up," said Eustace F. Bloggit, partner at the firm.
"VapidHotChick is a serial inviter who insists on anyone she meets joining MySpace where they can look at her 'artistic' profile photo.
"This attempt by Bebo is nothing short of a malicious theft of revenue from my esteemed customer."
Bebo have counter sued MySpace over what they say is an equal charge of tapping up after a 'concerted push' by MySpace to attract virginal computer nerds, a Bebo staple, with their users' scantily clad images.
This has caused a stunning tit-for-tat fight between the various networking sites and a sudden cease-fire of all mass-marketing spam from all sites pending a legal review.
Potentially one of the most stunning moves was the potential move of BCUK founder member Juzzzy to Blogspot, a move that only fell through when neither side could agree on who was supposed to pay who.
2008-03-28 @ 21:07