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* [http://www.digitalpoint.com/ Digital Point Homepage] |
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==Shawn Hogan Sued yet Again!== |
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Revision as of 01:54, 1 September 2008
Shawn D. Hogan (born September 1, 1975) is the founder and CEO of Digital Point Solutions, a San Diego-based business software provider. He became well-known when the article 'Shawn Hogan, Hero' appeared in the August 2006 edition of the magazine Wired,[1] detailing his firm stand against an MPAA lawsuit.
Accused of downloading the motion picture, Meet the Fockers, via the BitTorrent network, he received a call in November 2005 from an MPAA lawyer explaining that he was being sued, and that the MPAA would settle for $2,500.
Hogan maintains his innocence, pointing out that he owns a legitimate copy of the DVD. The case is unusual in that Hogan, as a millionaire, has been willing to risk the substantial legal fees on this point of principle. As he told Wired magazine, "They’re completely abusing the system... I would spend well into the millions on this."
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- ^ "Shawn Hogan, Hero". Wired (magazine). Retrieved 2008-08-31.
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UPDATE 31 AUG 2008: Shawn Hogan (Also owner of one of the internets most popular forums http://forums.digitalpoint.com appears to be getting sued again, this time the plaintiff is eBay who claim Shawn was using am underground blackhat internet method known as cookie stuffing to generate income from his popular forum.
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Three men defrauded eBay in a "cookie stuffing" scheme that made it appear the men's companies should be paid commissions, eBay claims in Federal Court. It sued Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Todd Dunning and Kessler's Flying Circus, and Brian Dunning and Thunderwood Holdings. eBay says the men devised software programs that, "unbeknownst to the [computer] user, redirected the user's computer to the eBay Web site without the user actually clicking on an eBay advertisement link, or even becoming aware that they had left the page they were previously viewing. As a result, the eBay site would be prompted to drop an eBay cookie on the user's computer even though the user never clicked on an eBay advertisement or even realized that their computer had ever visited the eBay site." The complaint continues: "once the cookie was stuffed on the user's computer by one or more of the defendant's any future revenue actions initiated by that user when the user later visited eBay intentionally, and not as a result of any advertisement places by defendants, appeared to be eligible for commissions payable to one of the defendants". eBay claims the defendants also used deceptive means to prevent it from discovering the fraud, and to conceal it. eBay demands compensatory, trouble and punitive damages. It is represented by David Eberhart with O'Melveny & Myers.