Volume IV

Issue : 6: March 23, 2006

• Lawsuit Attacks Googles Secret Formula
• Court Rules Unauthorized Website Scraping May Be Actionable as Unjust Enrichment
• BC Court Finds Source Code Within Definition of Software at Time of Sale of Business
• UK Court Ruled ISPs Not Liable For Posting of Defamatory Content
• Canadian Cyberstalker Jailed
• OPC Issues Guidelines for the Use of Video Cameras in Public Spaces
• Class Action Launched Against Music Labels Alleging Price Fixing in Online Market
• Study Concludes RFID Tags May Be Vulnerable To Viruses
• European Commission Begins Public Inquiry into RFID Tag Technology
• OPP Cracks Down on Wireless Internet Theft
• Sony Faces Setback in Patent Battle Over Vibrotactile Technology
• Google Settles Click Fraud Suit For $90 Million
• Quebec Company Fined for Evading Private Copying Levies

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Google Settles Click Fraud Suit For $90 Million

Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a class action lawsuit that stems from Google’s pay-per click advertising system. The suit was filed earlier this year by Lane’s Gifts in Arkansas, over advertising fraud by outside parties on its site.

The settlement involves legal fees and credits rather than cash payments, and applies to all advertisers who used Google’s per-click advertising system in February 2002 and apply to be part of the class settlement.

Google relies heavily on its pay-per click ads, which are highly vulnerable to fraud. The company claims that only a small percentage of search ads are fraudulent.

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