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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Gator for Pop-Up Ads
A federal court has ruled that pop-up ads for rivals of U-Haul International, placed atop the moving company's own site by a third-party software application, are legal. The summary decision, handed down last week, was a blow to U-Haul in its lawsuit to bar software maker WhenU.com from delivering competitors' ads to visitors to U-Haul's site. Hormel Challenges Company's Use of "Spam Arrest" Trademark
Claiming dilution of the trademarked name Spam, Hormel Foods Corp. has filed complaints against Spam Arrest LLC, a Seattle technology company that provides spam-blocking software for e-mail users. The Minnesota-based food company, which as of a year ago had sold 6 billion cans of Spam since it was introduced in 1937, challenged Spam Arrest's applications to trademark its own company name. Judge Issues Order Against Alleged Internet Riches Scheme
A U.S. District Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order to halt what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asserts are deceptive claims by an operation that promised a one fee, turn-key get-rich-quick Internet home-business opportunity. At the request of the FTC, Judge David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas also ordered an asset freeze, pending a preliminary injunction hearing, to provide for consumer redress. Three Spammers Pay $200,000, Face 5 Years for Fraud
Three Illinois residents have agreed to give back $200,000 to settle charges they ran a fraudulent work-at-home envelope-stuffing scheme and one could face nearly five years in jail, U.S. regulators said. The Federal Trade Commission said Nelson Barrero, Eduardo Gonzales and Ileana M. Morales promised to pay consumers $2 for each envelope stuffed, but rarely sent money or supplies after consumers sent them an initial $40 payment. Man Faces 20 Years, $10 Million Fine in Fraud Spam Scheme
A Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to sending out more than 9 million junk e-mail messages as part of a business scheme that defrauded investors of more than $100,000. At sentencing Oct. 6, K.C. Smith, 20, of Oak Grove, Ky., will face up to 20 years in prison and a $5 million fine on each of two counts of securities fraud. Owner of Kazaa Network Forms Trade Group for File-Sharing
The owner of the popular Kazaa file-sharing network is announcing a bid for legitimacy with a new trade group aimed at challenging the perception that file sharing is nothing more than a tool for digital piracy. Bankrolled by Kazaa's U.S. partners and its corporate parent -- Australia-based Sharman Networks Ltd. -- the Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA) plans to lobby against congressional attempts to shut down file-sharing sites, said DCIA chief executive Marty Lafferty. Homeland Security Department Aware of Possible Hacker Attack
The government, supported by some private technology experts, warned that hackers plan to attack thousands of websites in a loosely coordinated "contest" that could disrupt Internet traffic. Organizers established a website, defacers-challenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate. California Committee Rejects One Anti-Spam Bill, OKs Another
A California Assembly committee rejected a consumer-backed bill that would ban unsolicited e-mail ads but approved a rival measure supported by Microsoft and other computer industry companies. Both measures, one by Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Marina del Rey, and the other by Sen. Kevin Murray, D-Culver City, would prohibit the sending of unsolicited e-mail advertisements, which are commonly called spam. Anti-Spam Technology Frustrates Some Visually Impaired Users
An increasingly popular technique for preventing e-mail abuse is frustrating some visually impaired Net users, setting the stage for a conflict between spam busters and advocates for the disabled. Many companies have recently begun requiring users to pass a verification test in order to access their services -- typically by typing into a Web form a few characters that appear on the form in a guise that prevents a computer or software robot from recognizing and copying them. Pakistan to Offer Free Filters to Block "Unethical" Content
Pakistan plans to offer free computer software to filter internet Web sites for pornographic material deemed unethical in the conservative Muslim nation, officials said. Telecom officials say over 60 percent of an estimated one million Internet users in Pakistan visit pornographic sites. |
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