Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have agreed to pay a total of US$31.5 million to resolve claims that they promoted illegal gambling, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Microsoft will pay $21 million, Google will pay $3 million and Yahoo will pay $7.5 million, the DOJ said in a news release. The three companies neither contest nor admit they promoted illegal online gambling by running advertisements for gambling Web sites between 1997 and June of this year.
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Microsoft will pay $21 million, Google will pay $3 million and Yahoo will pay $7.5 million, the DOJ said in a news release. The three companies neither contest nor admit they promoted illegal online gambling by running advertisements for gambling Web sites between 1997 and June of this year.
View: The full story @ PCWorld
Yep. Microsoft got owned, but Google and Yahoo sailed through untouched.
And yeah, I would say paying one seventh the amount Microsoft has to pay is basically being "untouched".
They sure did
Then why pay?
Then why pay?
Because they didn't police their ads, and they deserve it.
They are basically entering a plea of Nolo Contendere or "no contest". If they admitted guilt it might raise other issues and/or lawsuits (including civil ones).
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