Re: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Richard E. Perlotto II wrote:

> How can you be prohibited from unlawful practices...  when they were already
> unlawful?

You might be doing something that you didn't know, and still perhaps 
aren't sure, is illegal.  
 
> Richard
>
> Fergie wrote:
> > Via The FTC.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > An Internet marketer will pay a $900,000 civil penalty for violating the CAN-SPAM Act, the largest penalty yet for 
> > illegal spam, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The company also is permanently prohibited from its 
> > unlawful practices, according to a consent decree signed by the company.
> >
> > According to the FTC, since July 2002, San Francisco-based Jumpstart Technologies LLC, has operated as an Internet 
> > marketer, providing direct marketing opportunities for its advertising partners and collecting marketing 
> > information to sell to third parties. The FTC’s complaint alleges that in its FreeFlixTix promotion, Jumpstart 
> > violated the law by disguising its commercial e-mails as personal messages, and by misleading consumers as to the 
> > terms and conditions of the promotion.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > More:
> > http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/03/freeflixtix.htm
> >
> > - ferg
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> >  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> >  fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
> >  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
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