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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
ISearch wasn't involved. Jace was talking about something else in that post.
Glad to see you going after it. There is some precedent in this area and you could have strong cases against Zango, the affiliate, and any company that profited from it. Whether the damage was minor or not, this is a problem that will eventually need to be addressed legally by someone.
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exactly, do a search on " Gator lawsuit "
gator lawsuit settled
The lawsuit against Gator by seven major media corporations has been settled out of court, with the outcome sealed by a confidentiality agreement, Computerworld reports. (“News Sites Settle Pop-Up Lawsuit” - 02/11/03)
Gator is an adware program that serves up pop-up ads, often based on the content the user is viewing at a particular time.
The lawsuit alleged that Redwood City, California-based Gator piggybacked off their Web sites by placing pop-up ads that compete with the advertising that the sites sell. The plaintiffs were the Washington Post, Dow Jones, Tribune Interactive, the New York Times, Knight Ridder, Advance Publications, and Gannett. The publishers said they have 15 Web sites among them that draw millions of viewers monthly.
It’s too bad that this suit was settled and sealed, rather than taken to court and made public. I’d like to see how a court would rule on these kinds of adware programs. While I don’t know that it was an issue in this particular lawsuit, I’d also like to see a ruling on how Gator is often installed on users’ machines without the user’s permission or full understanding of what Gator is.
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Gator worked almost exactly the same way. They were sued and settled. they stopped and i am sure paid a lot of money, knowing they didnt have a chance in court and would have been buried. No one else since then has attempted to hold these companies accountable. What zango is doing to ccbill is exactly the same as explained above.