Damages awarded over China TV text gaffe

The BBC reports that a man in China who received thousands of text messages when his mobile phone number was accidentally used in a TV series, "Chinese Police September Storm", has been paid $250 in damages by the TV producer following a court order.

"Chen Bing's number had been read out slowly on a television series so another character could write it down. His phone's inbox was then flooded with thousands of nuisance text messages from strangers starting in July 2004."

Screen capture left from music video clip of the TV series posted on YouTube.

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