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CLICKBANK DROPPED FROM HABEAS LAWSUIT
Posted By: Steve Rouse In Response To: Spam Filters ... Habeas ... let's stop this stuff (Phillip)
Date: Wednesday, 16 April 2003, at 11:24 p.m.
We thought you would want to have this press release relating to the recent Habeas/ClickBank lawsuit.
Regards,
Steve Rouse
Chief Operating Officer
Keynetics, Inc.CLICKBANK DROPPED FROM HABEAS LAWSUIT
ClickBank And Habeas Work To Keep Email Marketing Safe For Legitimate Marketers
BOISE, ID and PALO ALTO, CA - April 15, 2003. ClickBank, the on-line marketplace for downloadable e-books, software, and digitally delivered products, and Habeas, the company which fights spam with poetry and the law, announced today that ClickBank and Habeas will continue to work to help ensure that legitimate email marketing is not ruined by those who send unwanted junk email, sometimes known as “spam.”
Habeas allows the senders of legitimate email to demonstrate to receiving systems that their email is not spam, and should be delivered, by including a trademarked Habeas header in their outgoing email. Habeas recently filed a lawsuit against a ClickBank affiliate whom Habeas alleges was violating their trademark, naming ClickBank as one of three co-defendants. ClickBank has been dropped from this lawsuit.
“We are very pleased to announce this arrangement with ClickBank,” said Anne P. Mitchell, CEO of Habeas. “ClickBank was extremely responsive to our concerns about people abusing our system in order to push through unwanted email.”
“We do not tolerate spamming in any form, and anyone who promotes any of our programs or affiliate products through the use of spam will have their ClickBank account terminated,” said Geoffrey Hoyl, Chairman and CEO of ClickBank. “We understand Habeas' need to strictly police and pursue any misuse of their intellectual property.”
ClickBank represents over 150,000 vendors and affiliates selling more than 10,000 different products on-line. Habeas is deployed in outgoing email by more than 2,000 businesses, bulk mailers, ISPs, and individuals worldwide.
“ClickBank has been the model of responsibility,” said Mitchell. “It is important to understand that intellectual property law requires us to vigorously protect our trademark, and privacy concerns dictate that we provide legal authority under which someone may reveal their user's identity and other information. The fact that we named ClickBank in our lawsuit against their user should in no way be taken to mean that ClickBank was engaged in spamming.”
About ClickBank: Based in Boise, Idaho, ClickBank is part of a privately held company in business since 1998, and operating an on-line marketplace for downloadable e-books, software and digitally delivered products. ClickBank represents over 150,000 vendors and affiliates selling more than 10,000 different products on-line. For more information, visit ClickBank on the web at http://www.clickbank.net. ClickBank is a registered trademark of Keynetics, Inc.
About Habeas Inc.: Based in Palo Alto, California, Habeas is a privately held company that offers a legal and user-based service designed to help eradicate spam by identifying that e-mail which is known to be 'not spam'. Launched in August 2002, the Habeas service is already used by 45,000 Web portals in more than 100 countries to protect more than 300 million e-mail addresses. For more information, visit Habeas on the web at http://www.habeas.com.
Habeas and Habeas Sender Warranted Email are registered trademarks of Habeas, Inc. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners.
> Hi All,
> If spam filters aren't enough for us to
> worry about, now there's a company called
> Habeas that MAY control ALL email marketing
> in the future.> Some would think that filters mostly affect
> publishers of ezines / newsletters. While
> they may be first in line, the 'small'
> buisness person
> will be subject to Habeas ... and THEIR
> controls IF publishers and marketers don't
> unite to save their small business.> I'm no expert on Habeas, but here are some
> links and further info from a trusted
> source(s):> Message from Ken Denton on
> "Habeas"> A group of internet marketers currently
> headed by the owner of
> http://www.MegaLists.net , Michael Yost, is
> being formed.> The aim of this group is to fight the
> possible threat that Habeas poses.> The site is called " the Online
> Marketing Professionals United Against
> Censorship " and can be found at
> http://nohabeas.megalists.net/about.html
> Another very useful source of information is
> http://www.i-Cop.org/habeas/ Michael has
> secured the backing of jl Scott of
> i-Cop.org.> Have a look at Michael's Site
> http://nohabeas.megalists.net/index.html
> Make a donation if you can. I did!
> http://nohabeas.megalists.net/index.html
> Thanks,
> Ken Denton
> mailto:editor@internetbusinessbuilder.net
> By the way, Ken also has a Copyright Button
> on his website if anyone wants to use it.> Read about it and get it here:
> http://www.parthenis.gr/copyrightbutton/
> Thanks,> Phillip
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