I'd guess less than that. But the ones that settled can easily be fucked by a rogue affiliate spamming them for fun. Part of the agreement was no more spams.

haha news to me!

Same Here, we havent and will not ever accept mail.

I think our email policy is pretty clear. :)

http://www.bangbrosonline.com/email.htm

how many affiliate programs say that in their tos? i think every single one does.

moron. who are you fooling.

Even at that you're still making a nice profit :)

The no more spam clause I'm sure makes it hard to continue doing this on an on-going basis :)
WG

Pure Marketing Solutions, LLC, a Florida company, and Internet Matrix Technology, a corporation based in Louisiana, will together pay $50,000.


Wasn't PMS - purecash?

I thought they closed up

I'm just courious.. But why would you settle if you didn't break the law in the first place? TOS or not.. I know for a fact I have recieved spam from some of these companies in the last month. Looking to see if I can dig it up again..

If you have received anything from an affiliate of ours, do hit me up on ICQ so they can be terminated.

ps: that includes someone who *IS* in compliance, as we accept *NO* email traffic. Period.

The cost of settling is far less than the cost of defending yourself against the FTC. If you're not making that much money from mail, it may be a better choice.
WG

Remember when people used to care about their own business and not the business of others?

EDIT: 50 BITE ME woj'S :glugglug

I don't think I have seen any spams or emails from you guys :)

I do however look at my spam email, it's a great way to get marketing ideas.

no, when was that?

It's easy for programs to claim "rogue affiliates" do the actual spamming.. What's to stop a program for simply sending mail supposedly from an affiliate? It doesn't take a genious to come up with such a scheme.

There is no money in Mailings, No Money In SEO, and No Money in TGP's

:( How do we make money now, hehe

Is Canada not targeting canadian companies too?
I know MS is.

I was hoping that someone did so that they could tell me about it. Sounds like it would have been a pretty decent era to live in.

I have a feeling it would get boring. Just like whining like a girl about other people's problems while you go bald, must be boring to some in Texas.

I don't know why anyone is shocked by this LOL Almost every company in the freeworld allowed mail.

Where are all those mailers sending now, that's what I'd like to know.

im quite sure those fines are drops in the bucket compared to what they really made.

I'd have to second that 'quite sure'

650k is nothing if they had some decent mailers pushing them

what they need to do now is learn how to form a non-profit organization or become a political candidate so you can spam freely without harrassment from the ftc

I guess nothing stops them, but it is simply bad business. A scheme like this cannot be very hard to spot and then what follows would be a mess bigger then what is currently going on.

That's simply not true. It'd appear as if it was just another affiliate, nothing more and nothing less. Makes you wonder if that's what some of them do. The "sorry, it was an affiliate of ours" excuse is old.

In the wash its the affiliates who end up paying.
we just get shaved a little more.
Maybe Its started now already 3:8000 :disgust

(those stats are not one particular company btw)

Are you serious? Sincerly, I thought he owned it judging from his post.

Man, I am naive sometimes if you are right.

Bro, how hot is it today in the OC hood? We are steaming. I keep bringing Gabe water, but I don't think he is going to make it.

If it was "just an affilate" and they closed "every affilates" account that broke the spam laws they wouldn't be paying $650k fine.. They would be fighting it, much like TopBucks is doing..

Settlement means they admit they broke the law in some way. It would be much cheaper for them to fight it, unless they thought the FTC would win the fight...

Breaking the law isn't okay, and paying a $650k isn't a big deal for a lot of adult companies.. It is a big deal though when it's a fine for breaking the law.

alan... could you send me the name via icq please? I would love to hear which one it is to compare data.
thanks

He doesn't own it.. but he is not a sales rep... There is a lot more in there than most ppl know.. :thumbsup

I see.

I knew it had to be something more than that. Most people are different in person.

Pimpdog is a real nice guy in person.

Of course he is. He gets a lot less ass-kickings that way. :1orglaugh

115 right now, been about 118.. but i live in AZ now....


yea he is just a sales rep..

hehe.. true dat..

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http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=9598

I have always gotten along with most of the board nemesis, if you will. I just see past it most of the time. I get along with a lot more people that way.

I just don't have the time to fight with people. And the things that make someone likeable in my eyes really have nothing to do with how they express themselves.

Take Brad for example, he has a way of saying things, but if you choose to read it without a grudge, you see he is right a lot. :2 cents:

arent you the sick fuck that isnt even allowed in the USA anymore?

felony charges about kids and lakes and snuff flicks?


i forget the whole story. let me dig it up.

LOL, this thread is awesome...

I am celebrating today.

if i recall, it was you and your brother charged with making snuff flicks..

then there was another 'incident' involving you and a camera and a lake and kids on the beach.

a reliable source from this forum and the industry told me about it, not sure if i could ever find documentation on that, but i think i will spend some today on that.

thanks cd for giving me something todo today.

Bradshaw is it true you made a deal with the feds in order to not be on this list? and that you somehow implicated these other companies in that deal?

or is that just a nasty rumor?

However, if he called people names and said things about their mothers etc., to their faces I am sure that he would have his fair share of knuckle sammiches to ingest. I believe that is what his post was about.

Oh snap!

Dig that shit up Pimpdawg!

AHahahha!