  cableties Premium join:2005-01-27
·Verizon FIOS
| We need...
an investigation into:
Just who determines the amount of the fine? How is the fine collected? How is the fine distrbuted?
This company cause innumerous losses to startup and "whistle-blowers" let alone the actual users whose very PCs and internet accounts were affected.
$3Mill is chump change. |
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  PolarBear The bear formerly known as aaron8301 Premium join:2005-01-03
·CableOne
| AFAIK, any fine paid to a government agency goes to that government agency's budget, meaning the FTC gets to pocket the $3M.
I.E. a XxX County Sheriff writes me a traffic ticket and I acquiesce and pay said ticket, the fine goes to XxX County. -- "I invented it, Bill made it famous." --David Bradley, the inventor of Ctrl+Alt+Del. |
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  jubangy Premium join:2005-03-26 Erie, PA | Exactly. The people bear the cost of fixing their machines from this crapware and the good old FTC sits back and collects the "reward". How swell! |
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