eBay Files Lawsuit Against Cookie Stuffers
eBay Sues Alleged ‘Cookie Stuffers’
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Three men defrauded eBay in a "cookie stuffing" scheme that made it appear the men’s companies should be paid commissions, eBay claims in Federal Court. It sued Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Todd Dunning and Kessler’s Flying Circus, and Brian Dunning and Thunderwood Holdings.
eBay says the men devised software programs that, "unbeknownst to the [computer] user, redirected the user’s computer to the eBay Web site without the user actually clicking on an eBay advertisement link, or even becoming aware that they had left the page they were previously viewing. As a result, the eBay site would be prompted to drop an eBay cookie on the user’s computer even though the user never clicked on an eBay advertisement or even realized that their computer had ever visited the eBay site."
The complaint continues: "once the cookie was stuffed on the user’s computer by one or more of the defendant’s any future revenue actions initiated by that user when the user later visited eBay intentionally, and not as a result of any advertisement places by defendants, appeared to be eligible for commissions payable to one of the defendants".
eBay claims the defendants also used deceptive means to prevent it from discovering the fraud, and to conceal it. eBay demands compensatory, treble and punitive damages. It is represented by David Eberhart with O’Melveny & Myers.
Source: Here
There’s also a PDF file outlining the document of the lawsuit. You can find that Here.
Good or bad for cookie stuffers? We’ll find out…
Charles
[...] on the Charles G Mullen blog late last night is a report that eBay is suing 3 of it’s former Partners for devising [...]
ridiculous
[...] treble and punitive damages. It is represented by David Eberhart with O’Melveny & Myers. Charles Mullen - Internet Marketing Blog & Ideology
bait.
[...] too detailed to be created for link bait. Here is the 1st report I found about it this morning. eBay Files Lawsuit Against Cookie Stuffers - “Three men defrauded eBay in a “cookie stuffing” scheme that made it appear the [...]
Shawn is a popular guy and personally I don’t believe that Shawn did it. Now if Shawn has did it and did pushed the ebay TOS to the limits, then he must be knowing the risks involved too and must be knowing how to get away with that.
Might be Shawn brings a different interpretation of the TOS.
Now it has to be seen how much money actually earned from cookie stuffing and how much through legitimate approach. Isn’t it?..or it that Shawn earns everything from ebay through cookie stuffing?..so many questions will arise.
Url Posted at C4G Forum…
maybe you should bake him a cake with a saw in it :roflmao: :roflmao:here is anoth……
[...] far as I can tell, the story originated from Charles G. Mullen’s blog and he was the one who also started the thread at Shawn’s own DigitalPoint forums. [...]
This is anything but linkbait. It’s verified & legitimate.
Cookie stuffing has been around for a long time, and it isn\’t going anywhere.