D Squared To Stop Sending Pop-Ups

bizpile writes "D Squared Solutions, the company created by college students Anish Dhingra and Jeffrey Davis, has agreed to stop bombarding computer users with Internet pop-up ads to advertise its ad-blocking software, avoiding a court battle with the Federal Trade Commission. They were sending pop-up ads using the Messenger function enabled on many Windows operating systems. Their attorneys claimed the pair were not trying to extort consumers with their ads and only intended to send one a day to computer users. Lawyer Anthony J. Dain has said the ads are 'annoyances you have to deal with in a free society.'" (The San Diego Union-Tribune also has a story.)

I know you're from Alabama

[Anonymous Coward]

And this whole "internet" thing is still pretty new to you, but that was the previous story.

Hmmm, let's see.

[Eeknay]

Lemme guess, their popup was advertising for how to stop popups, right?

Annoyances?

[nysus]

'annoyances you have to deal with in a free society.'

Which? Lawyers that defend assholes like this?

Annoyances

[Chapium]

I guess they learned about another annoyance in a free society: Lawyers

We promise only to bother you once

[KarmaOverDogma]

Oh yeah... Right...

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - can't get fooled again.

Oh, wait, that's the guy from Texas, isn't it?

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Annoyances, huh?

[ScrewMaster]

Anyone got this "Dain" person's IP address? I have a "NET SEND" that I'd like to throw his way.

Re:Hmmm, let's see.

[wayward]

Wow, what's next? RJ Reynolds putting stop-smoking ads in their cigarette packs?

Re:White Hat Spammer!

[Eeknay]

But then he might think it's a "hax00r steailn his megahurtz".

Re:This is a great example

[hendridm]

This is a great example of how the government can properly work with the internet community in policing legitimate nuisences.

Yeah, and it only took them 3 years! Go team.

Re:This is a great example

[RLiegh]

Yeah, and it only took them 3 years! Go team.

They had to exhaust all of the unreasonable options first. ;)

Re:I know you're from Alabama

[DotNM]

"The internet.... they have that on computers now?!?!" -- Homer Simpson

Annoyances

[Kwil]

You know other annoyances you might have to deal with in a free society? People throwing excrement at your house and car if you're a scumbag lawyer.

Hell, it's biodegradable, so it can be argued that it takes even less action to clean up than a windows messenger pop-up.. just leave it there long enough and it'll go away.

Re:Brilliant

[Jacer]

With bricks?

Trial by Combat

[Detritus]

We should revive trial by combat for cases involving spam. It's been argued that it is still a valid part of the common law in some places.

In the red corner, at 110 pounds, we have a pencil-necked geek from UCSD, who is an accused spammer.

In the blue corner, at 250 pounds, we have California's Special Prosecutor for Spam, the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger!

Let's get ready to rumble!

Re:Annoyances

[Eggplant62]

"Lawyer Anthony J. Dain has said the ads are 'annoyances you have to deal with in a free society."

Anthony needs to sit in one place while someone beats him about the head with a flyswatter, and needs to be told that being hit with a flyswatter about the head multiple times is just an annoyance he has to deal with in a free society. Then maybe he'd get it.