Twitter files suit against 5 spam tool providers

The issue isn't the filing of a lawsuit, it's the court battle that follows it. Twitter can throw a few million in legal fees without blinking an eye and just to send a mesage but those software makers are the ones who will really suffer the costs of litigation.

I'm surprised it took them this long though, if I had a property like twitter I'd skip the lawsuit nonsense and retain the services of Protection.PPC.bz - Keep your shit protected.
 


UPDATE on the sum they're being sued for:

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These are the MINIMUM amount though.
 
If they really want to fuck twitter they would release all their code and make it open source.

L.O.L.
 
nickycakes said:
Imagine people like wes who gave away tools like p202 for $0 that people used to make millions with.
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So true, still wondering about that. Thanks wes! :)


However, they could have made some real cash without being sued and without that risk by scaling up their own spam campaigns. By the way, the big ballers never use any of this services. 1. They don't want to provide their campaigns to them. 2. They just don't talk to anyone about what they are doing.
 
Khalil said:
By the way, the big ballers never use any of this services. 1. They don't want to provide their campaigns to them. 2. They just don't talk to anyone about what they are doing.
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Please proceed with not knowing what the fuck you are talking about.
 
So you want to sell a twitter spamming service ...

Would be funny if someone offered a twitter spamming service that was paid for only in Bitcoin. Then the service operator could hire VPN+VPS with those Bitcoins and when twitter tries to sue someone all they'll find is old moldy roflcakes, while the service operator rides the loltrain all the way to the bank.
 
clyde said:
It's harder to retain a customer for 14 months than to have him pay $147 upfront for a "lifetime" license. Not only do they have enough cash to last for the next 14 months without new customers now, they also have a mailing list they can market to/make money from, and they have been doing just that.

Plus the fact that most people give up after 2-3 months using the software, you would've only made $30 from these customers instead of the $147. Not trying to argue but contrary to your hypothesis, he would've gone broke sooner instead.

ScrapeBox, Market Samurai and Windows are also examples of a one-time payment module that works. Shit just converts better.

From what I understand, TA doesn't violate any of Twitter's TOS but the TA Account Creator does. They shut both software down voluntarily, probably due to the lawsuit.
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We view life differently bro. That's all I can say.

I'm much more tempted to try a software when I see something like "Try it free for 7, 15 or 30 days, then pay $19 a month" than "Get it now for $147!"

TA is fucking useful and from what I see on IM forums, people who use it are loving it. I don't think anyone would have had a problem paying a small monthly fee, because we all know this tool requires frequent updates anyways, since Twitter is always changing their API to block spammers. Why would anybody work for free? Well... Jason is working for free right now as he promised he'll keep maintaining it for current members.

One of the following 2 things will happen:
  1. He'll grow tired of working for free so he'll just shut it down altogether
  2. He'll shut it down & launch a new tool (without the TAAC module) for a new price (maybe monthly?)

Mark my words.

EDIT: funny how right after writing this message, I tried to open TA and this is the message I get "Unable to validate license. Reason: the remote server returned an error: 404 not found." ;)
 
Hav3n said:
Suing for what exactly? TOS != law


“The defendants were in clear violation of the Twitter Rules,” wrote a company spokesperson in the email. “Taking legal action sends a clear message to all would-be spammers that there are serious and costly consequences to violating our Rules with their annoying and potentially malicious activity. We’ve focused on tool providers; they have willfully created tools that enable others to propagate spam on Twitter.”


Pssssh. This is not a violation of any law they are just going to stack legal fees with there new investment money to put those companies out of business

Fuck you twitter and fuck your rules and your TOS
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You don't have to be in violation of the law to get sued... derp. They can easily claim a ton of damages from man-hours combating the spam to server resources drained to the damage caused by malicious links.

Now, if these companies had a ton of money themselves, they could probably fight off the case because the software developers didn't spam. Their software merely made it easier to spam twitter. This is why the music industry couldn't sue file-sharing software and instead had to go after the customers doing the file-sharing.

But yeah, I'd assume these companies are around DFB levels in revenue, and that means they don't have enough money to mount a respectable defense.

I hope to god all these developers had LLC's setup, or they are potentially in store for some nasty clawback. Next time, hit up aaronklaw and get incorporated overseas to reduce liability.

Just keep in mind everyone, be really careful when you fuck with big companies.
 
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