FTC Action Against Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight Loss Pills & Colon Cleanse
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Do they have to go to Federal court to get TRO or do they have regulatory authority to do it on their own volition?
That would make a huge difference in the likelihood of similar cases in the future.
Yep, they have to get a court order.
Anyone could sue a company and take control of it for that matter, provided they have a reasonable cause of action. Anyone remember that web hosting company alphared? Megaupload sued them, the court removed their CEO and brought in an receiver to run the company.
I guess the question is what constitutes "reasonable cause of action" and what legal remedies you have to fight/avoid that kind of court order...
Yet another reason to move risky activities to an offshore jurisdiction.
LOL. I've recently been getting a lot of clients who have been infected with adware involving this shit. Obviously it's profitable.
The FTC is a US organization but its regulation will imply on you if you're using domains registered in the US, or use hosting from there.
In the UK - you might want to check out the Internet Advertising Bureau UK: trade association for the internet marketing industry and the ASA - Home
In the UK - you might want to check out the Internet Advertising Bureau UK: trade association for the internet marketing industry and the ASA - Home
"I saw this person who put up this website was from my hometown so I thought if she could do it I could do"
wonder if Maxmind is on the call thinking about a slogan rebrand to "We be floggin..... they hatin....."
wonder if Maxmind is on the call thinking about a slogan rebrand to "We be floggin..... they hatin....."
Heres an update from today:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/08/acaicolon.shtmhttp://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/08/acaicolon.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/08/acaicolon.shtmhttp://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/08/acaicolon.shtm
What is the penalty for stuff like this? Isn't it like $15k a day or something? Let's say they even hit them for 60 days or whatever. That is about 900k, sure that is a lot of money but word has it some of these offers are doing $xxx,xxx daily. If I were them I'd be laughing my ass to the bank. It's similar with the banks having to pay the government back a few hundred million when they were given billions. They are probably writing that check while giggling inside, I don't see why it would be different at all with these Acai offers.
This definitely takes some of the thunder out of the trust I had for "As Seen on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, EzineArticles!"... lol
I figured this was hinky territory destined to get nailed. I just figured it would be something along the lines of what happened with ephedra and be more in the FDA territory. Crazy stuff!
I figured this was hinky territory destined to get nailed. I just figured it would be something along the lines of what happened with ephedra and be more in the FDA territory. Crazy stuff!
