We have previously been sued in the US for using decimal numbers and another time for Matching people… It seems that we are now getting sued because someone somewhere on the internet ran an Advertisement for true.com using an image they did not have rights to. Our only involvement in this case happens to be that one of the places this marketer ran their ads was on POF.com.
I am pretty shocked this lawsuit was even filed -does this mean every Adsense publisher, newspaper or website can now get sued for the contents of the ads that appear on their websites?
February 29, 2012 at 10:30 pm |
Don’t you have an indemnification clause in your agreements with your Ad Networks?
March 1, 2012 at 3:47 am |
Hi Max – (Don’t think Markus actually reads here…)
However, the legal state in most of the USA means anyone can sue anyone without any need to show even minor Cause.
AND as most lawyers work to all sorts of fixed fees win-lose-or-draw, it’s like a sport.
Now that the USA is perhaps the only civilised(?) country in the world with no requirement of habeas corpus (you can be locked up without trial or advice and simply vanish, literally) most of you have more to worry about than being sued……..
March 3, 2012 at 1:03 am |
have not been able to load site for 2 weeks…
March 3, 2012 at 10:49 pm |
Horgász webáruház és online horgászati portál online.
March 3, 2012 at 11:31 pm |
@himagain : he reads here actually ..
March 8, 2012 at 7:19 pm |
DATE.DO – Domain for Sale!
Hi Marcus,
I’m contacting you to see if you’d be interested in buying the domain DATE.DO for $75,000.
Today I’m starting a campaign to sell this domain – along with FUCK.DO – each for $75,000.
You may know .DO domains have only been available to the general public worldwide since June 10, 2010. The .DO domain registry just began accepting online payments a few weeks ago, and to this point, almost no US domain registrars even offer them yet…
But once .DO domains become known and more widely available, the popularity and demand could take off, especially for ACTION DOMAINS like DATE.
So, a few years from now, DATE.DO could literally be worth several hundred thousand dollars, if not a million or more.
I personally don’t have a few years to wait, so I’m looking to cash out now
If you want DATE.DO for $75,000, let me know soon, since I’ll be contacting dozens of other online dating companies, and the domain could go quickly.
The transaction can be handled through Escrow.com.
Visit Date.Do for contact info.
Mark Bradford
March 9, 2012 at 6:32 pm |
What a ridiculous lawsuit Markus. That’s why there are so many damn lawyers in the U.S., because people are lawsuit crazy over here!
March 9, 2012 at 8:56 pm |
Marcus, can you please shoot me an email at timsiwula@me.com I have a few questions I would like to ask you.
March 12, 2012 at 7:01 pm |
Sorry to hear about the situation that’s going on Markus, really difficult. Surely they can’t win the case, it’s ridiculous……
Good luck with everything.
March 12, 2012 at 10:38 pm |
[...] Here’s the link to Markus Frind’s, or his company’s, blog: “Plenty of fish blog” [...]
March 15, 2012 at 10:58 am |
That’s absurd to get sued for Ads content…
March 18, 2012 at 5:57 am |
You’re a fucking retard Markus, you’ve been slowly taking away members free privileges, your taking away of last viewed is the final straw. Ever heard of Anonymous? Your business is done now.
Let’s hope more jump on the suing bandwagon, and your sites time to shine is heading south now.
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.
May 7, 2012 at 8:18 pm |
lol @ anon
oh hai guyz i bez anon an we don like capatalisms
March 18, 2012 at 4:09 pm |
Sorry to hear about the situation that’s going on Markus, really difficult. Surely they can’t win the case, it’s ridiculous……
March 19, 2012 at 7:21 pm |
Hi Markus,
I have been on POF, off and on, last three years. You are running basically a good business (good for you). That is why I think you need to know about my experience last week with one of your employees using POF for their own agenda. In process breaking one of the main cardinal rules! YOUR CUSTOMER’S PRIVACY!!!
Username she is using: Deeeeiva
Actual name she claimed: Deiva
I did not contacted her. She contacted me and attached a few of her pictures, because she has none on her profile (I guess she did not want her co-workers to recognize her). I responded and we agreed to meet last Friday 2:30 pm at Starbuck (Nelson & Mainland). I arrived 2:35 pm, looked around, not seeing her, I got coffee and sit down to read the paper and wait. Around 3:00 pm, I send her message on POF that I am here, still waiting. Is she coming? I got response from her, that she was there, did not see me and left. It is not a big place and there were just a few people. I message her back, what a waste of time and that I am leaving. That would be under normal circumstances it, but not this time!
This is where my big problem starts! As I walking back to my office, I get a phone call from her (blocking her number) that she did not like the tone of my last message. The big question is, how and where did she get my number? Got me thinking. I never send it to her or call her. The only way she could find it, if she works in POF and can access and read my PRIVATE MESSAGES to other!!! I did sent my phone number to a very few. HOW CAN YOU ALLOW THIS? Is there any privacy upheld and protected in POF? Markus, I would like to see your response to this, deal with her and clarify your internal customer privacy policy in POF. I hope you will take this seriously and act on this.
I look forward to your response.
JV
March 24, 2012 at 12:26 am |
To whom it may concern:
I deleted my profile a few months a ago and a male friend of mine came across a profile that was using all my info with a few changes to things like ht/wt. They are using my photos, my profile writings, etc. Can you help me? Please? I do no know what to do!!!!!
Tracy
March 27, 2012 at 5:26 pm |
I used to live about 50 minutes from where Markus lives working for a company whose mainstay was their US clients. We had a running joke that every American has the same name: boys are called Bill and girls are called Sue.
March 27, 2012 at 6:20 pm |
like seriously? i just left a comment this morning and its deleted again? i will leave a comment on every blog you post until you answer me! AGAIN TODAY I MAKE A PROFILE FIVE MINUTES LATER DELETED!
WHY
ARE
YOU
DELETING ME
AND DELETING MY COMMENTS ON THE BLOG
I PAY FOR YOUR SITE I DESERVE SOME FUCKING ANSWERS
March 28, 2012 at 3:19 am |
now when i try and sign up it says
“Because of high amounts of spam we currently do not accept signups from your current location.”
i want to be REMOVED for spam because i never have a profile longer then 10 seconds to even message anyone
IVE PAID FOR UPGRADED MEMBERSHIP THREE TIMES NOW!!!!!!
April 4, 2012 at 10:38 pm |
I apologize for my english is not correct, im in Italy, but here anybody on web believes.
my name is Dienniffer Foly.
I know it could seem like stupid, crazy and impossible, but I heard a discourse that told me to be foolish, so i appeal to those who believe that the internet can do wonders.
I’m decided to create a human lottery, i arrival in the end of the month without money, but i working so much, me an my mom, I have a brother and a sister in a community, because the courts we are not economically able to be with them.
like many other people currently we have no hopes for the future.
I asked for a loan to make a small online business, banks did not ‘have given.
so i create the human lottery. When I come to one million €, 20 people win ten thousand €.
I’m serious, i’m determined, i’m honest I will not cheat anyone, I do not ask for charity I sell a lottery.
I call all the web people to participate.
young people who are losing hope for the future, mothers in crisis like my mom, people who playing the lottery, regular online buyers, People who believe in crazy creations.
visit my site and be part of my invention.
http://lotteriaumana.oneminutesite.it/index.html
Win with me
April 15, 2012 at 1:18 am |
Hello,
I am a customer of yours. On some ways, I’m not happy with your service, because I would really appreciate if there would be a direct email to use for customer support but no, I have not found any on your website. I am a professional when it comes to customer service. I have no idea about your customer service, but if you have an e-mail address for recruits, I would really appreciate if I would get an email address.
Thank you guys!
Best regards,
Ida
April 18, 2012 at 7:34 pm |
POF is the worst Dating website scam and spam. Markus deserves the lawfuit. He’s a goof and finally someone is taking this dickhead to court. He’s brought this all on his own with stupid decisions.
I’ve found and more site taking his place. About time his disgusting website is being taking to task.
May 6, 2012 at 11:31 pm |
yea socialsex.com is much better