My Space Sues Ad and Affiliate Networks
The BIG talk in the world of affiliate marketing over the last couple of days is that MySpace has filed a lawsuit against Scott Richter of of Media Breakaway, LLC /CPAEmpire.com for violating CAN-SPAM by arranging for millions of spam “bulletins” to be sent from MySpace users’ accounts without their knowledge.
Although the PDF of the court documents that Jon at Wicked Fire posted today only names Richter and 2 other individuals, Jon claims that MySpace is suing 20 ad and affiliate networks for 500 million dollars.
Whether it’s one affiliate network or twenty, Linda Buquet over at 5StarAffiliatePrograms sums it up best:
“I’ve warned lots of affiliates that ask on forums “which networks allow you to market on MySpace” that regardless of the network’s rules MySpace is cracking down – don’t go there. If some of those networks go down they probably won’t be able to pay all those spamming affiliates that thought they were gaming the system.”
Exactly! And sadly, they won’t be able to pay the non-spamming affiliates either.
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I don’t condone what the people are accused of doing, but how does this violate CAN-SPAM, which regulates email?
Bulletins in MySpace show up in your account- they are not emailed to you. So how does sending millions of them violate CAN-SPAM? It may well violate MySpace’s TOS, but that has nothing to do with the law.
Either the facts of the case are stated incorrectly, or someone seriously misunderstands CAN-SPAM.
MySpace is owned by Ruport Murdoch who owns most of the media outlets and even the Wall Street Journal. In today’s Amerika you can be criminalized for almost anything. You don’t necessarily have to break any law because the law is what these criminals say it is.
It doesn’t matter what your defense is because MySpace will just buy the judge with money (90% of Judges Are Totally Corrupt) the judge will do whatever he has to to put the screws to you. It’s sad but very true in today’s Amerika. CAN SPAM law is enforced by the FTC and they too will level charges and designate what is and is not spam even if the law was followed. Total tyranny and despotism.
Sad but true in today’s FACIST Amerika.