Um, here's an idea... don't spam and terminate ANY affiliate who does! To many people turn an eye because of this " in crowd" shit.

Just my opinion. I don't care if you agree or disagree

Am I the only one that thinks this is a good thing? Does anyone really like spam? (Besides spammers) and I don't think its appropriate for adult spam anyways...

Wow. I just turned on CNN Headline News and the first story I see is this one. This shit is gonna be huge and most likely the first of many.

dayum... that's gotta suck :(

Maybe not anymore, but they played a big role in the entire operation. I don't think a change in management is going to cover them here.

The business was directly associated with what was going on. They will be caught up in all this whether you think they will or not.

many sponsors have it in their TOS about a no-spamming tolerance, but some affiliates still do it.

For sponsors, be sure to check your TOS and to show you have a zero tolerance, otherwise you could be condoning the actions and be held just as liable.

Earthlink is very aggressive, going to the point of subpeonaing credit card processors for their clients info to track down spam.

Earthlink vs. John Does is the court filing against spammers:
http://www.earthlink.net/about/press/pr_AllianceFAS/



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Thats like standard procedure now aint it?

Something gets fucked up its time for "New Management".
Thats what they all say.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

dayum, this thread's exploding, i better get my sig placement in quick!

the only reason that this topic is attracting as much attention as it has, is because of the large percentage of folks in this industry that spam themself.

truth = sad

Well...that, or the fact that the owners were on this board a few days ago calling this nothing but lies and saying that all was well in Signup4CashLand.

its fucking on CNN!??

I think I like my reason better.....but yours is a pretty good one too!

(actually, I think you're probably right; the fact that they got caught in a lie fuels the inferno)

That's because it's an easy way to clear $1mil a year, easy, especially with adult sites. Who's going to turn down that money? A pornographer?

It was on CNN Headline News & MSNBC

You thought it wouldnt be ?

well in all actuality its just because the commonality in corporate officers

youll see what i mean soon enough reflected was sold not just repositioned or reorganized

So what do you think will happen to these guys? Do you think they will server jail time or just pay a huge fee? :Oh crap

Right...BUT, they were part of the operation and "problem" that the FTC has filed the complaint against.

I was a Signup4Cash affiliate and they set me up with hosting on Reflected servers. That's the link and that's all there needs to be.

You've dealt with the Gov't before right? You know they don't like to leave anyone out of the loop :winkwink:

Signup4Cash, or I should say its "old management" was hitting AOL HARDCORE for the past 3 years. And it wasn't no affiliates. I know this for a fact. You're bound to draw attention when you mess with the big boys. When I saw the coverage and penetration that they had, I knew it was only a matter of time.

i sense some truth to your statement. :2 cents:

Yup. I know more than you think. In all honestly, I can't believe they lasted this long.

Get used to this, its the begining of the end... :helpme

Nothing is wrong with "Spam" as long as the Can-Spam Law is followed. They allegedly weren't following it.

When Vegas Playa started the first thread, it was full of S4C asskissers, who told how great and honest the crew is. Where are those people now? :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

It's amazing to see whos ears perk up when you're at a convention and you drop innuendoes that only people of the underground would have reason to know about.

It's quite interesting.

theyre still my boys

antis are fuckin gay

i dont even spam anymore but they are seriously a bunch of jobless losers who think they are batman

they shut down my site all the time for no reason its seriously retarded

Wish things like this happend to many more sponsors that come to my mind....

http://www.thepornland.com/images/lol.jpg
lol shit happens eh..

I'm all for the end of more spammers, I don't see why don't you understand how great this sort of actions is for our industry...

I notice it says * emails must contain valid physical postal address ??

I never noticed that part of the can spam act ..

Anyways this is only breaking news for those not involved. Those involved knew it was coming :)

Exactly.. How fucking hard is it so put "sexually explicit" in the subject line? How many sales are they really going to loose if they actually subject themselves to filters.. not any morethan they are losing now. And this simple "oversight" is going to end up with people either jailed, or subjected to heavy fines. It could have all been avoided had they actually adhered to the law. Retards.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.htm


last bullet point under "what the law requires"




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IMHO that was a booming loud statement the feds made by showing up at the convention.
It would be totally different if they serves via knocking on individual doors, by crashing the most popular show in the industry they have made their plans clear.
And notice how its been spread to all the media types.

the climate has been changing for years not but NOW you can SMELL it!!!

less spam = More traffic to pass around.
This is a good thing and should be done more often :2 cents:

People come to us regardless, the more prosecutions the better for everyone.

by adding the SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT tagline into your subject you will lose an extremely large percentage of your mailings, even if it was opt-in.

I guess they were more focused on the rewards rather then the risk

AVN article with some additional news items (interviews):
http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?P...tent_ID=212513



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Alien

although I'm on the side of stopping spam .. this is more than it appears imho

the rules were pretty clear, they willingly chose not to follow them. they dug their own grave.

We know how these things play out though.

They make millions get a slap on the wrist end of show.
Done and then they come back with a new outfit. Maybe I am gettin bored of this business, its always the same.