Ben Edelman: Intermix Spyware Case Revisted

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Ben Edelman:

[snip]

I recently had the honor of serving as an expert witness in The People
of the State of California ex. rel. Rockard J. Delgadillo, Los Angeles
City Attorney v. Intermix Media, Inc., Case No. BC343196 (L.A. Superior
Court), litigation brought by the City Attorney of Los Angeles (on
behalf of the people of California) against Intermix. Though Intermix
is better known for creating MySpace, Intermix also made spyware that,
among other effects, can become installed on users' computers without
their consent.

On Monday the parties announced a settlement under which Intermix will
pay total monetary relief of $300,000 (including $125,000 of penalties,
$50,000 in costs of investigation, and $125,000 in a contribution of
computers to local non-profits). Intermix will also assure that third
parties cease continued distribution of its software, among other
injunctive relief. These penalties are in addition to Intermix's 2005
$7.5 million settlement with the New York Attorney General [who is now
the new Governor-elect of New York, Eliot Spitzer. -ferg].

[snip]

More:
http://www.benedelman.org/news/110806-1.html

- ferg


--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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