Landmark Symantec Suit Against Hotbar > Oh Yea.

Oh Yea.

Big money looks out for 1 and only 1 thing, itself. It's not out to benefit you or me. The corporate bigwigs looked at the situation and decided that it made more financial sense to go after one adware company, wait, make that advertising enhanced browsing experience company, and get a declaratory judgement. If they didn't, there would be a possibility that they could get sued by hundreds of small adware companies in order to remove them from their product. By making the preemptive strike so to speak, my guess is that some potential lawsuits could be put on the back burner waiting for the outcome. If it is favorable for Symantec, then it sets a precedent that wouldn't bode for future adware makers wanting to sue. However, there is still the remote possibility that it could go against Symantec which then has the opposite effect, opening the flood gate for lawsuits.

It has the potential to benefit you, me, Symantec, as well as the whole anti-adware industry, but don't think for a minute that Symantec is doing it for anything else but their bottom line.
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