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Probono · 01-11-2005, 03:25 PM

This is so on point to all here that it deserves more exposure.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6812669/

"There's a message here for anybody running an affiliate program; you need to monitor what the third parties are doing," she said. "If you are using a business model that recruits others, you are strictly liable for the practices of those third parties. It's not just the people who push the button. It's the business that provides the financial incentive. The law is clear and strict."

A federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order against the defendants, barring them from sending more spam and freezing their assets, pending a preliminary hearing.

The FTC said this was its sixth CAN-SPAM lawsuit, but the first involving pornography.

According to the FTC, the defendants spammed hundreds of thousands of consumers with sexually-explicit or sexually-suggestive e-mails. The FTC alleges that the defendants did not include the required ?SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT:? warning in the subject line of the e-mails, or failed to exclude the sexually oriented material from the "initially-viewable" content of the messages.

Defendants in the complaint include: Global Net Solutions, based in Las Vegas, Nevada; Global Net Ventures, Ltd., based in London, England; Wedlake, Ltd, allegedly based in Riga, Latvia; Open Space Enterprises, Inc., based in Las Vegas; Southlake Group, Inc., based in Las Vegas; WTFRC, Inc., doing business as Reflected Networks, Inc., based in Las Vegas; Dustin Hamilton; Tobin Banks; Gregory Hamilton; Philip Doroff; and Paul Rose.

xclusive · 01-11-2005, 03:30 PM

one more way they will try and nail us without having to use anything related to the 1st amendment. It's only just the start be prepared.

Damian_Maxcash · 01-11-2005, 03:33 PM

More companies going off shore

The more Bush and his cronies push

He must know that it wont go away and he may as well try to regualte it rather than ban it...

BitterPen · 01-11-2005, 04:00 PM

BUMP

SmokeyTheBear · 01-11-2005, 04:37 PM

http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/eviden...kso_id=ROK4094

01-11-2005, 03:25 PM	#1
Probono Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Under the Rainbow Posts: 2,731	Sponsors beware- A spamming affiliate can do you in This is so on point to all here that it deserves more exposure. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6812669/ "There's a message here for anybody running an affiliate program; you need to monitor what the third parties are doing," she said. "If you are using a business model that recruits others, you are strictly liable for the practices of those third parties. It's not just the people who push the button. It's the business that provides the financial incentive. The law is clear and strict." A federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order against the defendants, barring them from sending more spam and freezing their assets, pending a preliminary hearing. The FTC said this was its sixth CAN-SPAM lawsuit, but the first involving pornography. According to the FTC, the defendants spammed hundreds of thousands of consumers with sexually-explicit or sexually-suggestive e-mails. The FTC alleges that the defendants did not include the required ?SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT:? warning in the subject line of the e-mails, or failed to exclude the sexually oriented material from the "initially-viewable" content of the messages. Defendants in the complaint include: Global Net Solutions, based in Las Vegas, Nevada; Global Net Ventures, Ltd., based in London, England; Wedlake, Ltd, allegedly based in Riga, Latvia; Open Space Enterprises, Inc., based in Las Vegas; Southlake Group, Inc., based in Las Vegas; WTFRC, Inc., doing business as Reflected Networks, Inc., based in Las Vegas; Dustin Hamilton; Tobin Banks; Gregory Hamilton; Philip Doroff; and Paul Rose.

01-11-2005, 03:30 PM	#2
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01-11-2005, 04:00 PM	#4
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01-11-2005, 04:37 PM	#5
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01-11-2005, 03:33 PM	#3
Damian_Maxcash So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: MaxCash.com Posts: 12,745	More companies going off shore The more Bush and his cronies push He must know that it wont go away and he may as well try to regualte it rather than ban it...