Comment Re:How is this useful stats? (Score 1) 122
Maybe there are just 99 regular websites to every porn site out there.
You must be new to this internet thing.
Comment Re:the wrong direction (Score 2, Insightful) 123
Actually, overstock.com does have legal grounds to sue. Here's the prohibited conduct part of the law:
13-39-201. Prohibited conduct.
(1) A person may not:
(a) install spyware on another person's computer;
(b) cause spyware to be installed on another person's computer; or
(c) use a context based triggering mechanism to display an advertisement that partially or wholly covers or obscures paid advertising or other content on an Internet website in a way that interferes with a user's ability to view the Internet website.
(2) It is not a defense to a violation of this section that a user may remove or hide an advertisement.
What overstock.com is sueing over is section 1.C & 2. We're talking about adds that goto a compeditor from their site. The thing with these pop-ups, is that they present a deal that looks like it could be from overstock.com and when the user click on it, they goto SmartBargains instead.
Think of this along the lines of Wal*Mart paying someone to put a posterboard with Wal*Mart advertisements on it, and go into near by Target stores and tell Target's customers to goto Wal*Mart instead. Who's the one doing the unethical advertisement?
13-39-201. Prohibited conduct.
(1) A person may not:
(a) install spyware on another person's computer;
(b) cause spyware to be installed on another person's computer; or
(c) use a context based triggering mechanism to display an advertisement that partially or wholly covers or obscures paid advertising or other content on an Internet website in a way that interferes with a user's ability to view the Internet website.
(2) It is not a defense to a violation of this section that a user may remove or hide an advertisement.
What overstock.com is sueing over is section 1.C & 2. We're talking about adds that goto a compeditor from their site. The thing with these pop-ups, is that they present a deal that looks like it could be from overstock.com and when the user click on it, they goto SmartBargains instead.
Think of this along the lines of Wal*Mart paying someone to put a posterboard with Wal*Mart advertisements on it, and go into near by Target stores and tell Target's customers to goto Wal*Mart instead. Who's the one doing the unethical advertisement?
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