Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard

I had an email come in one night saying I had used someone?s name on my website demanding that I removed it.

While the email was open, I ftped into my site and deleted the page, was one of millions, automated seo spam, early 2000's.

There was no content, just a text link to sponsor, that text link was actually broken, was not carrying thru my affiliate code.

Ie: text link, with no way for me to make money from it. The pages I had not written, were done by some seo spam company I used to generate them.

I have no idea who made them, was an ICQ contact, didn?t even pay we just split the traffic.

Because I had deleted the page in question immediately and there was no content, I basically forgot about it.

Couple of weeks later the paperwork starts arriving.

So I went to my Lawyer, who had a look at what i had received and they come back and said.. we cant comment as its American law not Australian.. That will be $3500 thank you.

So I went FUCCCCCK.

Then I contacted an USA Lawyer, in CA, and they looked at it and went.. we can?t comment this is in WA, you need someone in West Virgina

The problem there was the person doing the suing was a lawyer in WA, I looked up the town where the case was being heard in court and there only seemed to be two lawyer firms in town and the chick suing me had worked at both. She also served as an intern to the Judge overseeing the case.

Worst of all not only was she suing me, but also my company so I got stung twice.

I had no way of defending myself, the case went thru the court system and the judge basically threw it out due to lack of jurisdiction

Williams appealed that and took it to the appeals court and because no one was defending it.. they gave her everything she asked for.

850k for me and 850k for company, for a text link

So never presume these things are from anyone but a jilted Lawyer with too much time on their hands, and don't presume if you ignore it... it will all go away.

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