Network Solutions Settles With FTC

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 24, 2003 @08:48AM from the slap-on-wrist-with-noodle dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Not sure if this is new or merely corrected: Network Solutions, Inc. has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its deceptive marketing practices unlawfully tricked consumers into transferring their Internet domain name registrations to the company. The terms of the settlement permanently bar Network Solutions from misrepresenting that a consumer's domain name is about to expire or that the transfer of a domain name is actually a renewal. The order also requires the defendant to pay consumer redress pursuant to the terms of a previously settled class action lawsuit."

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How much longer? by osguru · 2003-09-25 00:35 · Score: 2, Interesting

Is the US goverment going to allow companies that flat out disregard ethical, moral, and legal standards - only to drag things out in court to an eventual settlement. This only continues to enforce that if you have enough money, time, and lawyers - you can side step anything. We are a nation that continues to contradict ourselves. This isn't surprising given that our entire foundation is built on a contradiction claiming that we are rightous while the actions our goverment continues to be nefarious. Why are we allowing this to happen?