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  • fris
    I have to go potty
    • Aug 2002
    • 55991
    #1

    FTC to go after blogger freebies

    The Federal Trade Commission is planning to crack down on bloggers who review or promote products while earning freebies or payments, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
    The rules could be quite strict, even extending to the practice of affiliate links--for example, a music blogger who links to a song on Amazon MP3 or iTunes that earns an affiliate commission in the process.
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    • EscortBiz
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      • May 2002
      • 19422
      #2
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        • J. Falcon
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          • May 2006
          • 31587
          #3
          That would kill an entire industry. No way they do it.
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            • V_RocKs
              Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
              • Nov 2003
              • 32467
              #4
              Great... Does this mean I have to tell people when I got a free pass to porn?

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                • WiredGuy
                  Pounding Googlebot
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 34517
                  #5
                  ...for any false claims or failure to disclose conflicts of interest
                  They're going after people who are conning surfers into joining/subscribing to products and services under false pretense. Most of these people would probably be terminated by the affiliate program anyways so I don't see this as anything more than what would occur in a typical affiliate/affiliate program relationship. I can't see the FTC wasting their resources going after someone who got a free laptop and is saying how great it is. I really think this is just the FTC going after people who are scamming and lying to get paid. My opinion at least...
                  WG
                  I play with Google.

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                    • Jakke PNG
                      ex-TeenGodFather
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 20306
                      #6
                      How about adult review sites? They all get commission for their sales.
                      ..and I'm off.

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                        • Tom_PM
                          Porn Meister
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 16443
                          #7
                          It's not false if it's true.
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                            • Barefootsies
                              Choice is an Illusion
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 42635
                              #8
                              Originally posted by WiredGuy
                              They're going after people who are conning surfers into joining/subscribing to products and services under false pretense. Most of these people would probably be terminated by the affiliate program anyways so I don't see this as anything more than what would occur in a typical affiliate/affiliate program relationship. I can't see the FTC wasting their resources going after someone who got a free laptop and is saying how great it is. I really think this is just the FTC going after people who are scamming and lying to get paid. My opinion at least...
                              WG
                              Correct.

                              ShoeBitch has been talking about this stuff since last year. Apparently there are a lot of mainstream mofo's doing fake testimonials and other things that have fallen into the cross hairs of of the FTC.

                              First it was ringtones, and now this weight loss and other shit.
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                                • SteveHardeman
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jul 2008
                                  • 1728
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by WiredGuy
                                  I really think this is just the FTC going after people who are scamming and lying to get paid. My opinion at least...
                                  WG
                                  Sounds like some adult affiliate programs I've heard about.


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                                    • Juicy D. Links
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Apr 2001
                                      • 122992
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by fris
                                      http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10269962-38.html
                                      That is such BULLSHIT. Didn't the Supreme Court rule in the 70s that commercial speech merits SOME protection? WTF?

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                                        • Houdini
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Dec 2001
                                          • 1651
                                          #11
                                          They "just" want disclosure, it doesn't mean you have to stop. If it does get to the point where they're hassling everyone, all you need is a link, like a privacy policy that says you get paid a commission. Not the end of the world.

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                                            • Due
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Mar 2001
                                              • 3620
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by WiredGuy
                                              They're going after people who are conning surfers into joining/subscribing to products and services under false pretense. Most of these people would probably be terminated by the affiliate program anyways so I don't see this as anything more than what would occur in a typical affiliate/affiliate program relationship. I can't see the FTC wasting their resources going after someone who got a free laptop and is saying how great it is. I really think this is just the FTC going after people who are scamming and lying to get paid. My opinion at least...
                                              WG
                                              Problem is that FTC will go after people based on amount of complaints, not the amount of complaints per 1000 of customers as they obviously do not know that. So they will crack down on one or more of the larger players in the area not knowing if their claims is true or not. Wasn't that what happened with soulcash (correct the name if I'm mistaken) ?
                                              Don't forget they got DEEP pockets and they follow through to the end unless you settle.
                                              Not to forget in the adult space most designs is made in the Philippines by a designer who was given some keywords that "sell" but he never saw what is actually being sold (the members area)
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                                                • Supz
                                                  Arthur Flegenheimer
                                                  • Jul 2006
                                                  • 11057
                                                  #13
                                                  thats straight ludacris

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                                                    • Juicy D. Links
                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                      • 122992
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Due
                                                      Problem is that FTC will go after people based on amount of complaints, not the amount of complaints per 1000 of customers as they obviously do not know that. So they will crack down on one or more of the larger players in the area not knowing if their claims is true or not.
                                                      EXACTLY

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                                                        • David!
                                                          By the wrath of Agamemnon
                                                          • Apr 2004
                                                          • 6501
                                                          #15
                                                          Yeah, we live in such a perfect world that the government only has to worry about BS blogs
                                                          .

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