binary1000 - 5:15 pm on Feb 27, 2004 (gmt 0)

We can probably organize a class action suit. I would suggest that all those interested go to this page
bigclassaction.com/submit_form.html
and fill out the form there to get the interest of one of firms. If enough people make the request, a firm will pick this up and go with it. After all, the damages can be significant. Based on just 1 million pages not being exposed at $1/day of lost income, that amounts to a $365 million damage claim per year, and we all know that the numbers are much higher.
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To make it easier for you, here is a description to enter into the form:

Symamtec Corporation publishes a program called Norton Internet Security, which, by DEFAULT, removes all advertising banners and text links from any Web page visited. The user of the program is not aware of this process. As a result, Web site owners that rely on revenue from advertising are losing revenue. If just 1 million web pages across the Internet lost just $1 per day in advertising revenue, we're talking about $1 Million per DAY in lost revenue, or $365 million per year. The actual figures are probably 100 times that.

We would like two things:
1. for Symantec to release updates and future versions with this feature as an option, instead of a default
2. damages for all suit members amortized back to the first publish date of the program.

We have an active association Web site which can assist in the formulation of this suit.

A demo of exactly what the affects are is at this location:
5staraffiliateprograms.com/norton-blocks-revenue.html
where you can switch back and forth between what the page would look like with and without Norton turned on.

In addition to the restriction of trade, this program alters copyrighted published material by deleting and removing links and graphics from web pages without the publisher's consent.

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The category in the scroll down box should be Unfair Business Practices
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If you want to modify this etxt and re-post, please feel free to do so.

If this proceeds forward, the mods here should consider a separate section for administration of just this topic. In fact, if this posting is too far down in this thread, please move it to where more people can see it. This affects enough of us that we should DO something proactive rather than allow Symentec to take money from our pockets. Let's make something happen. I already submitted by request. Please submit yours ASAP.

[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 4:50 pm (utc) on Feb. 28, 2004]
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